Tinubu and Atiku Intensify Campaigns for Northern Votes

The contest for northern votes in Nigeria's 2027 presidential election intensified as President Bola Tinubu's All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar's African Democratic Congress (ADC) campaigned in Nasarawa and Sokoto states. Vice President Kashim Shettima, representing Tinubu, urged voters in Lafia, Nasarawa State, to support only APC candidates, emphasizing that a vote for Tinubu would yield more dividends of democracy.

Shettima highlighted infrastructure developments in Nasarawa, including the Lafia bypass and ongoing highway projects, asserting that the Tinubu administration had prioritized the state in its Renewed Hope Agenda. Conversely, Atiku Abubakar, at an ADC rally in Sokoto, accused APC members of attempting to buy voters' cards to manipulate the election, urging northerners to vote decisively.

He vowed to prevent any rigging attempts in the upcoming election, referencing alleged irregularities in the 2023 elections. Meanwhile, an unrelated incident involved an attack on the motorcade of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso in Calabar, which did not result in injuries.