As the 2027 election draws near, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Ayirimi Emami, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must return to Aso Rock for a second term.
Chief Emami made this declaration on Friday during the donation of gift items worth millions of naira to hundreds of Ilaje traders and fishermen in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The donation was in appreciation of their support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s candidacy, especially during the party primaries and the general elections.
He said: “Let’s give Asiwaju a chance to rule. We gave Buhari a chance; it’s not that we were happy with the government.
“We fought our own brother to support Buhari. Now it’s the turn of Asiwaju, and they are coming again, saying we should fight. We say ‘no’. We are not going to fight. This man must complete his tenure. A lot of those ganging up were part and parcel of the last administration.”
Chief Emami added: “For those ganging up, we will also hold our own meetings here. Tinubu must complete his eight years. We say no to gang-ups.”
He also insisted that there was no vacancy in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
“No vacancy in the NDDC. We can only fight those who do not perform well. In the past six years, we have not seen an MD like this—it was as if the NDDC was non-existent,” he said.
