Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, has said President Bola Tinubu can go to sleep as far as his reelection in the north is concerned.

Speaking in Dutse, Jigawa State capital, when the APC campaigned on Tuesday, Yari said the scale of support witnessed at the rally showed that the ruling party remained firmly in control of its northern strongholds.

‎”The president should just go and sleep because it is a walkover for him in the North. His projects and policies will save him,” Yari said.

‎The former Zamfara State governor also claimed that Governor Umar Namadi had assured the APC campaign that Jigawa would deliver two million votes for Tinubu from its over 3.7 million registered voters.

On his part, Vice-President Kashim Shettima expressed confidence that Tinubu would secure a second term, arguing that ongoing infrastructure and development projects across northern Nigeria would earn him widespread support in the 2027 election.

Shettima said the president had demonstrated commitment to the region through strategic projects and interventions.

‎According to him, the Tinubu administration had undertaken major infrastructure projects in Jigawa, including the Kwanar Danja-Hadejia road, the Kano-Maiduguri road and the Kano-Maradi rail project, alongside the construction of 1,500 Renewed Hope housing units.

‎Shettima also said thousands of farmers had benefited from federal government support programmes, while over N50 billion had been earmarked for the Dutse Water Project following a request made by the late Emir of Dutse during the 2023 election campaign.

‎”He respects the North, let’s reciprocate it,” the vice president told party supporters.

‎He further recalled Tinubu’s longstanding support for northern politicians, saying the president provided a political platform for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2007 and former EFCC chairman Nuhu Ribadu in 2011

‎According to Shettima, Tinubu also played a crucial role in the emergence of former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.

‎The vice president urged voters in Jigawa and across the North to support the president’s re-election bid, saying continuity would help consolidate ongoing projects and programmes.

‎Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, on his part, said Tinubu should be allowed to complete his tenure, arguing that he had demonstrated goodwill towards northern Nigeria.

‎Also speaking, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Affairs, Ibrahim Kabir Masari, said the APC continued to enjoy widespread support across the North, claiming that virtually all former governors in the region were backing the president’s re-election.

‎Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu, who spoke on behalf of the APC Governors’ Forum Chairman, Hope Uzodinma, urged Nigerians to support Tinubu for a second term to ensure continuity of the administration’s programmes and policies. (Daily Trust)