The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, has told opposition political parties that there will be no vacancy in the presidential Villa come 2027.
According to him, President Bola Tinubu will serve a second term without any hiccups.
Mr Ganduje made the claim while receiving some groups who paid him a solidarity visit at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Monday.
The former Kano governor also lampooned the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, for allegedly sponsoring protests against him.
He also reiterated his claim that members of the NNPP and Kwankwasiyya movement were behind his purported suspension as a member of the APC.
According to him, the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso and his supporters had resorted to sponsoring propaganda against the leadership of the APC after foreseeing another imminent defeat ahead.
He said: “They are so afraid because we are consolidating. They are so afraid all over the country because we are receiving new entrants into our party.
“That creates fear in their minds. They are already eyeing 2027. But by that time, there is no vacancy. Only our President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will, Insha Allah, continue as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We have heard your commitment and speeches, and we understand your mission. The whole drama, political rascality, started in Kano with the government.
“Instead of responding to the yearnings, needs, and demands of the people of Kano state, they decided to divert attention.
“Our eyes are on those who are diverting our attention to political propaganda against the APC. Can we allow them to continue like that? We understand what they are doing. It is a political drama.
“They are also sponsoring pockets of diffident protests from all over the country. They are spending a huge chunk of money for people to demonstrate against the leadership of our party.”
In his remarks, the convener, Salihu Alizaga, said the solidarity walk was organised as a show of confidence in the administration of President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the APC.
He said all loyal party members are solidly behind Mr Ganduje as the national chairman.
“We are here to tell the whole world that the APC is one united family, devoid of rancour as being erroneously portrayed and speculated by few individuals under the obvious sponsorship of the New Nigeria People’s Party-led Kano State government.
“We advise those who wish to be national chairman after Dr Abdullahi Ganduje to wait till the next elective convention, where everyone will be allowed to test their popularity in the convention field.
“The NEC of our great party has elected Dr Abdullah Ganduje as the national chairman, and he has his tenure of office to complete. There is no ambiguity at all,” he said.
