2027: Amosun Declares Support for Tinubu’s Second Term

James Sowole in Abeokuta

As momentum gathers for the 2027 General Election, a former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday, declared support for the second term aspiration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Amosun, while speaking with newsmen during his 68th birthday anniversary held in Abeokuta, stated that it is only fair and just for the South to complete an eight-year presidential tenure in line with Nigeria’s rotational arrangement.

Reaffirming his membership of the APC, the former senator stressed that equity and national stability demand respect for zoning between the North and South, adding that the rotational agreement remains a “no-brainer” for anyone who truly desires unity and fairness in Nigeria.

He said, “In the interest of Nigeria, we must observe rotation. If the North takes the presidency this time, the South will have to take it the next time.

“The last president from the North was President Muhammadu Buhari. He did how many years? Eight years.

“Now, it is the turn of us in the South. And we have President Tinubu in the saddle, President Tinubu representing all of us in Nigeria primarily, but he is from the South-West zone.

“And he is representing all of us in the South. So, indeed, it is a no-brainer for anybody that loves Nigeria to agree that whatever we are doing, we should respect that rotational arrangement and that rotational agreement.”

Amosun who noted that the reforms of Tinubu Administration came with with early hardship said they are beginning to yield positive results just as he urged citizens to remain patient, with confidence that the Renewed Hope agenda would ultimately deliver dividends of democracy.

The event was attended by several APC stalwarts, including former Minister of Mines and Steel Development Lekan Adegbite; former Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Sarafa Tunji Isola; former CBN Deputy Governor, Tunde Lemo; and former senators Iyabo Anisulowo and Gbenga Obadara, among others.