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APC chairman says party polls predict Tinubu will win in 2027
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is preparing for the 2027 presidential election.
Its chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, says party surveys across the states show President Bola Tinubu is ahead of his rivals.
The story gives no poll figures or details about how the surveys were conducted.
Yilwatda named the African Democratic Congress, whose candidate is former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress, whose candidate is Peter Obi, as opposition parties he expects the APC to defeat.
He also defended Tinubu’s economic policies, including tax changes and electricity reforms, while acknowledging that Nigerians face difficulties such as high fuel prices.
Yilwatda said those difficulties were temporary and argued that Tinubu’s record in Lagos made him a stronger choice than Atiku.
The 2027 election is still ahead, and the story does not give a date or further details about the campaign.
APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda said the party’s internal polls indicate President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election.
Yilwatda said APC surveys across states showed the party ahead of its political opponents.
He expressed confidence that APC would defeat opposition parties, including the ADC and the NDC.
Yilwatda defended the Tinubu administration’s tax and power sector reforms, while describing higher fuel costs as temporary.
He compared Tinubu’s record in Lagos with that of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the ADC’s presidential candidate.
- Who
- Nentawe Yilwatda, APC National Chairman, made the claim about President Bola Tinubu.
- What
- Yilwatda said APC’s internal polls indicate Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election.
- When
- He made the remarks on Sunday. The article was published on 12 October 2026.
- Where
- In an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
- Why
- Yilwatda said APC polls showed the party leading across states and argued opposition parties lacked sufficient electoral strength.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We have done fact-finding; we are leading. We have done our polls. We have our own polls that give us the real statistics across the states,
What we are passing through in Nigeria, for example, at this moment, is temporary. The increase in the cost of fuel is temporary. Nigerians believe in us.
President Tinubu met Lagos at roughly about N14 billion per annum; roughly, today we are talking about over N8 trillion per annum revenue,
Tinubu governed Lagos State.
Yilwatda spoke about APC’s polls and Tinubu’s prospects in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
Premium Times published its report on Yilwatda’s remarks.
- Election
- 2027 presidential election
- APC chairman
- Nentawe Yilwatda
- APC poll claim
- Party surveys across states indicate APC is leading
- ADC candidate
- Atiku Abubakar
- NDC candidate
- Peter Obi
- Lagos revenue cited
- From roughly N14 billion per year when Tinubu took office to over N8 trillion per year today
Sources
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