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2027: Tompolo-backed group deploys campaign vehicles across Katsina for Tinubu

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  • The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement launched its Katsina structure and distributed campaign vehicles to coordinators across the state’s 34 local government areas.
  • Governor Dikko Radda endorsed Tinubu’s bid for a second term in 2027, despite Tinubu’s narrow loss in Katsina in the 2023 presidential election.
  • The governor praised Tinubu’s economic reforms, while the article noted that at least one federal lawmaker from Katsina no longer belongs to the APC.

The first northern launch of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement took place in Katsina, a state President Bola Tinubu narrowly lost in the 2023 presidential election. The group, backed and sponsored by Niger Delta businessman Government Ekpemupolo, known as Tompolo, unveiled campaign vehicles for coordinators across all 34 local government areas.

Katsina Governor Dikko Radda used the event on Saturday to pledge support for Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. He described Katsina as an APC stronghold and told the president, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I want you to be rest assured that Katsina State is your state and will not let you down.”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I want you to be rest assured that Katsina State is your state and will not let you down.

· Dikko RaddaThe Katsina governor pledged the state’s support for Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.

Radda added, “We will support you, our people will support you, Insha Allah, so that you can continue with the good work you have started for the good people of Nigeria.” He said Tinubu’s economic reforms had increased the resources available to state governments and strengthened local government finances. Those additional funds, he said, could support roads, education, healthcare, water supply, sanitation and markets.

Katsina is politically important to Tinubu’s 2027 campaign. Although the APC governs the state and it was the home state of former President Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubakar won Katsina in 2023 with 489,045 votes against Tinubu’s 482,283, a margin of 6,762 votes. Tinubu nevertheless carried 21 of the state’s 34 local government areas.

We will support you, our people will support you, Insha Allah, so that you can continue with the good work you have started for the good people of Nigeria.

· Dikko RaddaRadda urged support for Tinubu while praising the administration’s work.

Radda also said, “Katsina State is an APC state. Every elected person in Katsina State is a member of the All Progressives Congress.” The article noted that this did not account for Shehu Tafoki, a federal lawmaker who defected from the APC to the PDP in May after losing the ruling party’s 2027 ticket.

At the launch, Kestin Pondi, representing Ekpemupolo, urged members to take the campaign into wards, communities, markets and households. The movement inaugurated its national executives in Abuja in July at an event attended by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.

Katsina State is an APC state. Every elected person in Katsina State is a member of the All Progressives Congress.

· Dikko RaddaThe governor described Katsina as firmly controlled by the APC.
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