2027: Makinde rejects ‘turn-by-turn’ presidency, vows APM victory

By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has vowed to win the 2027 election, urging Nigerians to reject what he described as ‘turn-by-turn nepotism’ in choosing the country’s president.

Makinde spoke at the party’s South-West town hall meeting, where he argued that the region should not be expected to support President Bola Tinubu solely because he hails from the area.

Citing the 1999 presidential election, he said the South-West had presented Olusegun Obasanjo and Olu Falae as competing candidates, allowing Nigerians to choose their preferred leader.
“As a matter of fact, what the South-West did was to presen...