Breaking: North will back Tinubu in 2027 – Gombe Gov Inuwa Yahaya

Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has declared that Northern Nigeria will once again support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election.

Yahaya, who also chairs the Northern States Governors Forum, made the statement on Tuesday during the opening of a two-day meeting hosted by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation at Arewa House in Kaduna.

He said President Tinubu had kept his promises to the North and deserves the region’s continued backing.

“When Tinubu came to us as a candidate, he made specific promises to Northern Nigeria,” Yahaya said. “The North gave him more than 60 percent of its votes, and today, he is fulfilling those promises.”

He listed major federal projects underway in the region, including the Abuja–Kaduna–Kano expressway, Kano–Katsina–Maradi rail line, the rehabilitation of the Kaduna refinery, the gas pipeline running from Abuja to Kano, and oil drilling at the Kolmani oilfields.

“These are not just projects, they represent growth and energy security for our people,” he said. “We must reward performance in 2027.”

Representatives of the President at the event included Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris.

The forum, themed “Assessing Electoral Promises: Fostering Government-Citizen Engagement for National Unity,” brought together key players from the 19 northern states and the FCT, including former governors, traditional leaders, religious figures, civil society organisations and technocrats.

Yahaya also hailed the alliance between the North and the South-West, describing it as a key pillar of national stability.

Quoting the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, he said: “The North’s strength lies in its unity with the rest of Nigeria.”

His remarks come at a time when opposition voices are growing louder in the North. A coalition backed by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has vowed to challenge the APC’s dominance in the region ahead of the 2027 polls.