The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), South-South zone, on Saturday, rose from its zonal stakeholders meeting in Benin City, Edo State capital, with a resolution to adopt President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the zone’s sole presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
The party in the region also adopted the four governors of the party in South-South as sole candidates for the party in the governorship re-election bids in the four states controlled by the party.
The four beneficiary governors of the resolution are: Governor Bassey Edet Otu of Cross River State, who doubles as the South-South APC Coordinator; and Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State whose second term election will come in 2028 having be elected governor in an off-season election that took place on September 21, 2024.
The two other governors captured by the blanket resolution are those of Delta and Akwa Ibom States, Sheriff Oborevwori and Umo Bassey Eno, respectively, who both joined the APC from their former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), not long ago.
Welcoming the delegates to the meeting which was held at the Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub, Benin, Governor Okpebholo of Edo State noted that the meeting and the decision that would be taken had the potential to unite not only the South-South geopolitical zone, but the entire nation.
Governor Okpebholo, who noted that the South-South had always spoken with one voice during critical moments, added that the zone was gradually going back its foundation of integrated politics.
He urged the remaining two governors in the zone to come on board the APC ship so that the South-South could be united and speak with one voice.
His counterparts from Delta, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States also spoke in the same manner.
APC Acting National Chairman, Alhaji Ali Bukar Dalori, who said he was performing his first official duty since assumed office penultimate Friday, called for unity of purpose.
Dalori reiterated that the South-South remained strategic to the nation’s development, hence the need for the zone to be fully integrated into the party at the centre.
In his remarks at the meeting, the Senate President, Akpabio, who doubles as the APC leader in the zone, said that the South-South geopolitical zone “is the heartbeat of the nation’s economy.”
According to Akpabio, “South-South is the chicken, if you like, that lays the golden eggs. If we are the chicken that lays the golden eggs, we equally have the right to determine who shares the golden eggs that come from the South-South.
“Ahead of 2027, the South-South is speaking with one voice that we are with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu united. This is our mandate in the South-South,” Senator Akpabio reiterated.
The communique containing the resolutions was read by Chief Victor Giadom, APC National Vice Chairman, South-South, and the motion for its adoption moved by the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, and seconded by the Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio presiding.
The communique issued at the end of the meeting reads in part:
“The 5th day of July 2025, the South-South commends the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR for his reforms and policies to reposition Nigeria.
“We commend Mr. President for his uncommon love and support for the South-South region, which is clearly reflected in the support for the emergence of Senate President for the region in the person of, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
“We also take cognisance of the massive developmental projects in the region, including but not limited to the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road.
“We therefore unanimously pass a vote of confidence on our uncommon President of the Senate, His Excellency Senator Godswill Akpabio, for his outstanding leadership, for uniting the South-South region, and for his support for the renewed Hope Agenda of Mr. President.
“We welcome the Governors, stakeholders, and supporters of the South-South states for their patriotic and courageous decisions of embracing the renewed Home Agenda and joining the All Progressive Congress, APC.
“We therefore humbly call on the remaining two non-APC governors of the region, namely governors of Rivers State and Bayelsa State, and their supporters, to also join the Progressive family in the APC.
“Finally, we pass a vote of confidence on the four APC governors of the South-South region, namely Senator Bassey Edet Otu of Cross Rivers State; Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Pastor Eno Umoh of Akwa-Ibom State, and Senator Monday Okpebholo of Edo State. And adopt them as our sole candidatesfor the 2027 elections
“We commend the party, we commend all the elected APC senators, members of the House of Representatives, ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from the South-South, heads of MDAs, political appointees from the South-South region, for their loyalty to the party and for their support for the renewed Home Agenda.
“Further, we also recommend and commend the FCT Minister, His Excellency Nyesom Wike, leaders of the South-South region, for his continued support for the President and the renewed Home Agenda. We sincerely appreciate all members of the party, stakeholders, and supporters in the South-South region for their continued support and dedication to the party.
“We hereby unanimously adopt Mr. President, His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as our sole candidate for the 2027 election. That is the decision of the South-South Zone of the All-Progressive Congress.”
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