Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has pledged to secure 95 percent of the state’s votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections.
Speaking during a mega rally at Murtala Mohammed Square, Kaduna, the governor said the increasing wave of defections into the ruling party demonstrated the people’s growing confidence in his administration’s inclusive governance approach.
The event featured the defection of four members of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, five members of the House of Representatives, and thousands of their supporters from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC.
Following the new defections, the APC now holds 13 out of the 16 federal constituencies in the state and 26 members in the State Assembly, compared to the PDP’s eight.
Addressing the crowd, Governor Sani told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu — who was represented at the rally — that the APC had become unbeatable in Kaduna.
“We don’t have any opposition in Kaduna,” he said. “I promised President Tinubu some months ago that we were targeting 80 percent of the votes, but today, I have shifted my ground. About 95 percent of the total votes in Kaduna State will go to the APC in 2027.”
He attributed the growing support to his administration’s dedication to fairness, inclusivity, and justice.
“Our state is the most diverse in Nigeria. We’ve used our diversity as a source of strength, and that’s why we haven’t experienced a single ethno-religious crisis since we came in. Politics is about unity — poverty has no respect for religion, ethnicity, or political affiliation,” he said.
Governor Sani assured the new members that they would be treated equally with the party’s founding members.
“Those who joined us today and those who’ve been with us since inception will be treated equally,” he stated.
The rally was attended by several top APC figures, including the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, and other senior officials.
Dr. Yilwatda described the APC as “the promised land” for Nigerian politicians, saying both President Tinubu and Governor Sani deserved second terms due to their performance.
Speaker Abbas praised the APC’s growing strength in Kaduna, noting that the party had never been stronger across the state’s three senatorial zones.
“Today, whether in Zone 1, Zone 2, or Zone 3, APC is the party to beat,” he declared.
Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Hon. Hussaini Jalo stated that Kaduna had effectively become a one-party state and expressed confidence that both President Tinubu and Governor Sani would win re-election in 2027.
Other defectors include Hon. Sadiq Ango (Sabon Gari), Hon. Abdulkarim Husseini Ahmad (Kaduna South), and Hon. Aliyu Mustapha Abdullahi (Ikara/Kubau).
