Members of the Plateau State House of Assembly have unanimously endorsed President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The lawmakers who gave the President their backing during a solidarity visit to the new Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda in Abuja on Tuesday, also issued a stern warning to opposition parties to stay away from the state and not to bother visiting to campaign for the 2027 presidential election.
They declared that the ruling APC has already won the state in advance.
During the visit, Speaker of the Assembly, Daniel Naanlanlon Gapyil said the lawmakers will use every arsenal within their power to mobilize and campaign for Tinubu, as well as galvanize all the structures of the party in the state to make sure he wins.
Gapyil noted that despite the state being governed by a PDP governor, the APC is strong enough to oust the incumbent from office due to the gale of defections from the PDP to the APC in recent times.
Harping on the strength of the APC in the state, Gapyil said the structures to return Tinubu in 2027 have been put in place.
“Though it might sound strange to people who are not conversant with the strength of the party, a lot of work is being done underground to see that the ruling party becomes a dominant force,” he added.
The Speaker also assured the new APC national chairman that as far as the House is concerned, there is no other party in the state apart from the APC and it would be foolhardy for other political parties to contemplate coming to the state to campaign.
Responding, Yilwatda urged the lawmakers to extend their dominance beyond Plateau to win the election for Tinubu, insisting that the APC is still the right party to fix Nigeria’s problems.
He also urged them to do everything possible to wrest power from the PDP and return Plateau to the APC.
