2027: Group targets 10,000 supporters for Tinubu’s campaign flag-off in Kaduna
Arewa for Asiwaju (A4A), a political support group backing President Bola Tinubu, says it plans to bring 10,000 supporters from the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to the Kaduna rally. The…
President Bola Tinubu is widely expected to seek a second term in the 2027 presidential election, and political groups aligned with him have begun positioning themselves ahead of an anticipated formal campaign launch. The North, with its large voting bloc spread across 19 states and the FCT, remains a critical battleground in Nigerian presidential politics, and courting northern support early is a strategy past incumbents and major parties have relied on to shore up electoral numbers.
Arewa for Asiwaju (A4A) is one of several pro-Tinubu support groups that have sprung up since his 2023 election, aiming to rally northern constituencies behind his administration. Both Premium Times and Leadership report the group's plan to mobilise 10,000 supporters for a Kaduna rally tied to Tinubu's re-election push, though neither outlet's coverage, as reflected in the headlines, details the specific date for the flag-off, how the group intends to fund or coordinate the mobilisation, or whether it has the backing of the ruling All Progressives Congress structures in the affected states.