{"id":238461,"date":"2025-12-22T08:14:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T08:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/northerners-have-no-option-but-to-support-tinubu-for-in-2027-zamfara-senator\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T08:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T08:14:39","slug":"northerners-have-no-option-but-to-support-tinubu-for-in-2027-zamfara-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/northerners-have-no-option-but-to-support-tinubu-for-in-2027-zamfara-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Northerners have no option but to support Tinubu for in 2027 \u2013 Zamfara senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"193\">Former governor of Zamfara state and senator representing Zamfara west, Abdul\u2019aziz Yari, has declared that northerners will support President Bola Tinubu\u2019s re-election in 2027.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"305\">Yari, a former chairman of the Nigerian Governors\u2019 Forum, made the comment on Sunday at his installation as Obaloyin of Yorubaland by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"511\">Yari said the south-west had stood by the north politically and deserved reciprocal support.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"664\">\u201cThe message is very clear; the south-west has stood by the north despite all odds, and now it is time for us to pay back, and we will do so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"782\">The former Zamfara governor said <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>played a decisive role in Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s emergence as president in 2015.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"951\">\u201cSome of us know that without President Tinubu\u2019s plans, financial and other support, the north\u2019s dream of ruling through Buhari might not have been realised. The dream of President Buhari to become president in 2015 was fully hatched, designed and financed by Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1301\">\u201cTherefore, we in northern Nigeria have no option but to follow and fully support him the first time and the second time, by God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1500\">\u201cWe have started seeing what he is doing, and we pray for his success and a better Nigeria during his reign,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1589\">The former governor also pledged to promote unity between the north and the south-west.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1591\" data-end=\"1803\">\u201cLet me use this opportunity to assure Yorubaland that this is your ambassador; I will personally ensure that the north-west, north-central, north-east and south-west unite and cement this relationship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1805\" data-end=\"1902\">He added that traditional titles should strengthen cultural bonds and cooperation across regions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"2075\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cWith this chieftaincy title, we are sons of this place, and we will do our best to promote the cultural values of this institution wherever we find ourselves,\u201d Yari said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former governor of Zamfara state and senator representing Zamfara west, Abdul\u2019aziz Yari, has declared that northerners will support President Bola Tinubu\u2019s re-election in 2027. Yari, a former chairman of the Nigerian Governors\u2019 Forum, made the comment on Sunday at his installation as Obaloyin of Yorubaland by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade. 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