President Bola Tinubu will attend campaign rallies in 12 states as the All Progressives Congress (APC) kicks off its 2027 re-election campaign.According to the party’s campaign timetable released on Thursday, the President will flag-off the campaign in Kaduna on October 24th.From Kaduna, he is scheduled to attend rallies in Rivers on November 7th, Plateau on November 14th, and Oyo on November 21st.
Further rallies are lined up in Borno, Enugu and Bauchi on November 25th, 28th and 29th respectively.The President is expected to continue in December with rallies in Sokoto on December 5th, Delta on December 12th and Kano on December 17th, before rounding off with Adamawa on January 4th and Lagos on January 9th.In total, Tinubu is scheduled to appear in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states and the FCT, while party leaders will represent him in the remaining states.Notably, three of the states on his itinerary – Oyo, Bauchi and Adamawa – are seen as key battlegrounds.
Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde is the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), which also controls Bauchi, while Adamawa is the home state of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate.13 states have rallies scheduled for November without the President in attendance, including Cross River, Gombe, Nasarawa, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Ondo, Edo, Yobe, Kebbi, Akwa Ibom, Anambra and Benue.Speaking at the inauguration of the APC presidential campaign council at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, Tinubu said he would not attend every rally as governance remains a priority, but would make time to address Nigerians directly.
The APC on Tuesday announced an expanded campaign council list, with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke, and Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo among the new additions.
