2027: Lawan Predicts 75% Northern Votes for Tinubu, Accepts Role as Network Patron

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja

President of the ninth Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, made a bold projection ahead of the 2027 elections, saying President Bola Tinubu should secure over 75 per cent of the votes from the north if the region fully mobilised behind the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Lawan made the declaration while receiving the leadership of Tinubu House-to-House Network, who visited him at the National Assembly to formally confer on him the position of National Patron of the grassroots mobilisation group.

The delegation, according to a statement by Lawan’s media aide, Mr. Ezrel Tabiowo, was led by the organisation’s national chairman, Comrade Yahaya Muhammad.

Expressing appreciation for the appointment, the former senate president said the group’s door-to-door strategy was key to ensuring deeper political education and support for the Tinubu administration.

Lawan said, “I feel very delighted that you have found me worthy of appointment as a Patron of this group. My hope is that you continue to expand and deepen your activities across the country, particularly in the northern part of Nigeria,”

He endorsed Tinubu’s leadership, insisting that the administration has stabilised the economy and is steering it “in the right direction”.

He added that despite the security setbacks recorded in recent months, the government had shown a firm commitment to equipping the armed forces and strengthening national defence.

Lawan, who chairs the Senate Committee on Defence, said he remained convinced that continuity was in Nigeria’s best interest.

He said, “In the 2023 general election, the north gave about 63 per cent of the votes that brought President Tinubu to office. In 2027, we should give him more than 75 per cent to return him.

“The president is ensuring that every part of the country gets a fair share. We are better sticking with this president than trying somebody new who may not achieve half of what we have already seen.”