Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party is ready to take over all six states in the south-west geopolitical zone.
Ganduje spoke in Akure, the Ondo state capital, on Sunday during a stakeholders’ meeting.
Some members of the APC national working committee (NWC), including Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo; Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos; and Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti, attended the meeting.
The meeting was held ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo. Aiyedatiwa is the flagbearer of the APC.
The APC currently controls Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos, and Ogun—out of the six states in the south-west zone, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has two states—Oyo and Osun.
Ganduje said he would not reveal the party’s secret to win the governorship elections in Osun and Oyo, adding that the entire south-west must be behind Tinubu.
“In this geopolitical zone, we must deliver 100 percent in favour of APC; therefore, Ondo state must be at the forefront,” he said.
“The two other states, I will not reveal our secret, but we assure you, we are strategising. Everything must be 100 percent behind President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Addressing aggrieved party members in Ondo, Ganduje appealed to them for the success of the APC in the November 16 governorship election in the state.
The national chairman announced Sanwo-Olu as chairman of the national campaign council of the APC for the Ondo governorship election.
“We have made every arrangement at the national level to have a successful election. We are here to give you hope, encourage you, and that this election is a task that must be done,” he said.
“We are encouraged by this large crowd of stakeholders. This shows that there is unity, solidarity, and vigour in the party. Those who contested the primary are not losers because there is no victor and vanquished in the exercise.
“We are expecting 90 percent total votes in the forthcoming governorship election. Visit house to house, neighbour to neighbour, and ensure that you go round and mobilise people to come out to vote.”
The Cable