movement to secure bloc votes from the South and North-Central regions ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Insiders at the APC secretariat said the move was designed to guarantee victory for the President despite growing resistance from some parts of the North.
The plan described by one principal party official as a “materialising countermeasure”, began more than five months ago.
The strategy, the official explained, was conceived after intelligence reports indicated potential political threats from the core North and the emergence of the African Democratic Party-led coalition of opposition leaders.
The party chieftain named the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodimma; National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru; and the lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, James Faleke, as the brains behind the plan.
Northern resistance
Over the past few months, top northern groups, particularly the Northern Elders Forum and the Arewa Consultative Forum, have expressed displeasure with Tinubu’s administration, declaring that they might not support him for a second term.
