{"id":165773,"date":"2025-06-05T10:05:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T09:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:12:48","slug":"kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run","title":{"rendered":"Kebbi 2027 Ex-APC Chairman Urges Malami to Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Yauri Local Government Area, Alhaji Rabiu Suleiman Gulma, has called on former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to contest the 2027 governorship election in Kebbi State.<\/p>\n<p>Gulma made the appeal while speaking to journalists in Yauri, noting that Malami\u2019s experience in governance and national exposure make him a suitable candidate to lead the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough he has not declared interest, we believe Malami is the kind of leader Kebbi needs. His track record speaks for itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gulma added that he and other loyalists are prepared to begin consultations and mobilise support across all 21 local government areas of the state, should Malami signal interest in the race.<\/p>\n<p>He said many APC stakeholders across Kebbi are optimistic that Malami could restore unity within the party and bring a new sense of direction to the state\u2019s development.<\/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. A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Yauri Local Government Area, Alhaji Rabiu Suleiman Gulma, has called on former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to contest the 2027 governorship election in Kebbi State. Gulma made the appeal while speaking to journalists in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":165772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,17336,1104,254],"class_list":["post-165773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-kebbi-2027","tag-malami","tag-nigeria"],"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>Kebbi 2027 Ex-APC Chairman Urges Malami to Run - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Yauri Local Government Area, Alhaji Rabiu Suleiman Gulma, ha ...\" \/>\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\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kebbi 2027 Ex-APC Chairman Urges Malami to Run\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Yauri Local Government Area, Alhaji Rabiu Suleiman Gulma, ha ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T09:05:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T10:12:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749105795.229918.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kebbi 2027 Ex-APC Chairman Urges Malami to Run\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-05T09:05:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-05T10:12:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749105795.229918.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Kebbi 2027\",\"Malami\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-2027-ex-apc-chairman-urges-malami-to-run\",\"name\":\"Kebbi 2027 Ex-APC Chairman Urges Malami to Run - 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