By Chesa Chesa
The National Progressive Hub, an affiliate group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday declared that no realignment or plot by the main opposition parties in the country will stop the reelection of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
This is against the background of recent visit by presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 poll, Peter Obi, to his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, and other political gladiators.
Addressing a press conference on Friday at the APC national headquarters in Abuja, National Coordinator of the Hub, Bukie Okangbe, noted that the political game is gradually building up as many political parties and members are mending fences to challenge the APC, which signals that the party has to brace up and unite more.
She therefore, urged party members to stop witch-hunting APC leaders and build a synergy and rally round them ahead of the 2027 poll.
According to her: “We are mindful of the happenings in the country especially with hardship and hunger faced by many families and households in the country, we plead with Nigerians to bear with the president and have faith in the administration.
“The President has given Nigerians his words that the present hardship is temporary and this he is committed to doing. As a leader with a large heart, Nigerians should just show a little more patient in the capacity of the president to fulfill His Elections promises.
“It is constitutional that come 29th of May 2027, the tenure of the present administration would come to an end and it is our believe that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would be sworn in for second term. It’s on this note that the National Progressive Hub is calling on party faithfuls and members to rally round the leaders of our party for a greater victory in the next election.
“The ongoing alignment of political parties and politicians in the country shown obviously that some are ready to match up with us come 2027. We are confident though that Nigerians are with us more than they were during the last elections due to the leadership quality of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“It’s on this note that we are calling on our party men and women to stay united. The Witch hunting of our leaders that have worked so hard for this administration during campaigns must stop. We should remain focus as one family.
“It is both human and natural that issues would arise within a political family from time to time but the ability to reconcile and move forward makes the difference. The way forward for us as progressive government is for our party members to have a change of heart towards our leaders and stop the public embarrassment of dragging leaders in public.”
Appealing to Nigerians to show more understanding for the President, the group said, “we need to show more understanding with the government of the day than the general public. We are appealing to all our aggrieved progressive members to see our leaders as our representatives and hence, embrace them with love and open heart.
“As a complete party man, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is an accommodating father that would surely carry everyone along in which no one would be left out.
“We believe that no amount of political alignment or strategies can vote us out in 2027 if we are united. The strength of APC lies in the faithfulness of her members and so the more we pull our leaders down in public, the more we make the opposition stronger. It is now getting worse that some progressive members are doing the work of opposition parties which is a sad reality.
“The National Progressives Hub stand with all our party leaders who worked tirelessly to deliver for our party in the last general election. We frown and reject any form of witchHunt against our party leaders meanwhile opposition leaders indicted of corruption are walking free.
“We need all our leaders together and united because he have another election to win 2027.”
