{"id":176708,"date":"2025-08-29T22:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027"},"modified":"2025-08-29T23:16:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:16:56","slug":"majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027","title":{"rendered":"Majority of Northerners Will Vote Tinubu APC in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Farouk Aliyu, says majority of northerners will still vote for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Aliyu made the assertion on Friday while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television.<\/p>\n<p>He also dismissed concerns over possible threats from opposition figures, stressing that none of them pose a challenge to Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of the people of the north will still vote for APC. And Tinubu will be our candidate. And whether Jonathan is coming in, it\u2019s going to be a threat to us? We respect Jonathan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respect him. We respect Atiku. We respect all these Nigerian leaders. But I tell you, I have not seen anyone on the horizon that can compete with Tinubu as presently constituted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The APC chieftain also underscored that governance is ultimately determined by Nigerians themselves, not by political elites.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on claims of dissatisfaction in the North, Aliyu maintained that while not everyone in the region may support Tinubu, the APC still holds the majority.<\/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 chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Farouk Aliyu, says majority of northerners will still vote for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Aliyu made the assertion on Friday while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television. He also dismissed concerns over possible threats from opposition figures, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[13554,34,254,945],"class_list":["post-176708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-13554","tag-apc","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>Majority of Northerners Will Vote Tinubu APC in 2027 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Farouk Aliyu, says majority of northerners will still vote for Presid ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Majority of Northerners Will Vote Tinubu APC in 2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Farouk Aliyu, says majority of northerners will still vote for Presid ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-29T21:15:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-29T22:16:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756493379.573851.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Majority of Northerners Will Vote Tinubu APC in 2027\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-29T21:15:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-29T22:16:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756493379.573851.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/majority-of-northerners-will-vote-tinubu-apc-in-2027\",\"name\":\"Majority of Northerners Will Vote Tinubu APC in 2027 - 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