APC Seeks to Reclaim Adamawa in 2027, Ganduje, Party Chieftains Strategise

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced plans to reclaim Adamawa State in 2027 following a strategic meeting between the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje and chieftains of the party from the state.

The state chapter of the party had been enmeshed in an internal crisis which led to factionalisation of the party. Against this background, the party set up a reconciliation committee led by Senator Muhammed Mana.

The eight-member reconciliation team includes prominent politicians such as Senators Bello Tukur, Abubakar Girei, and Binta Masi, as well as Hon. Yusuf Buba Yakubu, Dr. Bridget Zidon, and Isa Baba.

Speaking with journalists after a closed-door meeting at the APC national secretariat yesterday in Abuja, Mana who is the chairman of the committee has been mandated by the leadership of the party to reconcile feuding members.

He noted that the committee would focus on engaging aggrieved members, rebuilding grassroots connections, and strengthening the party’s structure.

Mana stated: “You know, Adamawa State is a very critical state in Nigeria, and we want to make sure that in the coming election, APC wins majority of the seats in the state.

“Adamawa has been a very critical APC state, and we want to make sure that the state goes back to its former position. Now we will go back and tell everybody in the state that it’s time to unite.

“You know, our crisis started from the primary election, the general relationship, those people who lost the election , those people who think that they were not properly rewarded for their contribution in the state.

“We want to go and beg them and make sure that the party is unified under the banner of the broom of APC generally, and the national chairman has charged us to go and discharge the duty.

“Apart from appealing to our party members, we will go down to the grassroot, to the unit level, to the local government level, to the ward level, to ensure that everybody comes along and joins the group.

“Our intention is to make sure that everybody comes back. That’s why we are starting very early. The 2027 election is about two or three years to go. So, that’s why we are starting very early to go down to all the nooks and crannies of Adamawa State to woo people to come back.”