Akpabio and Abass has declared support for Tinubu’s 2027 re-election.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, have publicly endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Akpabio led a delegation of National Assembly leadership to the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Summit at the banquet hall of the State House, Abuja, where they formally backed Tinubu’s re-election bid.
In his speech, Akpabio emphasised that if President Tinubu had not performed well during his first term, lawmakers would have taken steps such as issuing an impeachment notice.
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“If this President has done well, is it us that will say so? If he has not done well, is it not us that will give him notice of impeachment? We are not giving him notice of impeachment. In 2023, it was difficult for you but in 2027, I see everything turning around,” Akpabio remarked.
He continued, “Nigerians are saying that because you have done a difficult job well, it is time for us to reward you by sending you back to the presidency for a second term in office.”
Akpabio moved the motion for President Tinubu to return as the APC’s flag bearer in 2027, and he called for Tinubu to run unopposed.
“I move therefore as the Senate President that Mr. President return as flag bearer of the APC unopposed and as the next president for a second term come 2027,” he declared.
Speaker Tajudeen Abbas fully supported Akpabio’s motion, speaking on behalf of the entire National Assembly.
“I stand on behalf of the whole 109 senators, 360 members, and the whole 36 speakers and their members to second this very important motion moved by the Senate President, I so second,” Abbas stated.
