2027: Sokoto PDP backs Tinubu’s re-election bid

By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State has declared support for President Bola Tinubu’s second-term ambition, disclosing that it is negotiating a political alliance with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) through the Nyesom Wike-led Rainbow Coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The PDP governorship candidate in the state, Abubakar Abdullahi Sokoto, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting held at the party’s secretariat along Bodinga Road, Sokoto metropolis.

Abdullahi said the proposed arrangement was aimed at mobilising support for Tinubu’s re-election, declaring that the PDP in Sokoto had no alternative presidential cand...