APM asks Tinubu to quit 2027 race, back Makinde

ABUJA — The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has urged President Bola Tinubu to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race and support its candidate, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde.
The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Yusuf, on Friday, said Tinubu had failed to demonstrate what it described as the leadership required to address the country’s security and economic challenges.
Yusuf alleged that the President had “abdicated his official duties” to family members, aides and other unelected persons.
He also faulted Tinubu’s absence from the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Vice-President Kashim Shettima represented Nigeria and deliv...