{"id":163065,"date":"2025-05-19T12:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:29:39","slug":"tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu has no serious challenger for 2027 presidency \u2013 Tanko Yakasai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has expressed strong confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is virtually unbeatable in the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, Alhaji Yakasai said Tinubu remains the most dominant figure in Nigerian politics, citing his vast support base and the fragmented state of the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I don\u2019t see anyone with the structure, reach, or capacity to seriously challenge Tinubu,\u201d Yakasai stated.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to the president\u2019s advantage of incumbency, loyalty from ministers and governors, and even backing from elements within the opposition as major strengths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTinubu has solid control of the political system. Most governors, his ministers, and even some opposition leaders are with him. That kind of influence can\u2019t be ignored,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Yakasai also dismissed reports suggesting that northern political bodies have endorsed a presidential candidate for 2027, describing such claims as personal opinions without institutional backing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo my knowledge, neither the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) nor the Northern Elders Forum has formally endorsed any candidate. The North as a region hasn\u2019t made a collective decision,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that internal divisions within opposition parties are further boosting Tinubu\u2019s re-election prospects.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to assess the Tinubu administration\u2019s performance, Yakasai declined to give a verdict but emphasized the need for politicians to shift their focus from personal ambition to national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur leaders must start putting the country first,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been divided for too long along ethnic and religious lines. It\u2019s time to promote ideas and programs that unite and move Nigeria forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his own life, Yakasai\u2014who will turn 100 in December\u2014attributed his longevity to divine grace and family genetics, revealing that both of his parents lived long lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m blessed with over 80 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. It\u2019s all by the grace of God,\u201d he said with a smile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has expressed strong confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is virtually unbeatable in the 2027 presidential election. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, Alhaji Yakasai said Tinubu remains the most dominant figure in Nigerian politics, citing his vast support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":163064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[13554,17325,254,945],"class_list":["post-163065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-13554","tag-alhaji-tanko-yakasai","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu has no serious challenger for 2027 presidency \u2013 Tanko Yakasai - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has expressed strong confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is virtually unbe ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu has no serious challenger for 2027 presidency \u2013 Tanko Yakasai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has expressed strong confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is virtually unbe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-19T11:28:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-19T12:29:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645214.649913.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"790\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"547\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu has no serious challenger for 2027 presidency \u2013 Tanko Yakasai\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-19T11:28:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-19T12:29:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai\"},\"wordCount\":343,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645214.649913.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"Alhaji Tanko Yakasai\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-has-no-serious-challenger-for-2027-presidency-tanko-yakasai\",\"name\":\"Tinubu has no serious challenger for 2027 presidency \u2013 Tanko Yakasai - 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