Anambra governor says APGA will not field a presidential candidate but will support Tinubu’s re-election bid.
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has pledged to deliver at least 50 per cent of the state’s votes to President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.
Soludo made the declaration at Dr Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, during the flag-off of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) 2027 National Campaign.
The governor announced that APGA would not field its own presidential candidate but would support President Tinubu, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said the decision was informed by what he described as Tinubu’s show of love and concern for the Igbo people, particularly Anambra State.
Soludo recalled that President Tinubu appointed several indigenes of Anambra to strategic positions in Lagos when he served as governor of the state. He added that APGA’s decision to support the ruling party’s presidential candidate was consistent with political arrangements the party had maintained in previous elections.
“Today, we adopt the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as our candidate,” Soludo declared.
The governor also recalled that Anambra recorded fewer than 5,000 votes for President Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election but maintained that the President had continued to address some of the challenges facing the state and the South-East.
He urged Anambra residents to support Tinubu in the next election, arguing that a stronger electoral mandate would give the state and the region greater opportunity to engage the Federal Government and negotiate for development.
“We need to vote for him in order to sit with the government at the centre and negotiate for the development of the South-East and Anambra State,” he said.