2027: Why Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Gbajabiamila Begged Northern Senators

As storm continues to gather against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila has appealed to Northern senators to support his principal.

Gbajabiamila, a former House of Representatives Speaker is believed to have a cosy relations with many lawmakers in the National Assembly, by virtue of once occupying the fourth  position in Nigeria’s power hierarchy.

The development comes amidst suggestions that some political leaders from the region, including some senators  in the National Assembly, are planning to break ranks with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to join whether ADC or PDP.

For instance, Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua from Katsina state, was recently said to have joined the ADC,which not a few public affairs commentators said is gaining ground across the country, particularly in the north.

The senator has however denied the report saying he will still support President Tinubu in 2027, citing his milestone achievements in the are of infrastructure and economy.

Instructively, another senator from the state Abubakar Sadiq Yar’adua has dumped the ruling APC, accusing the government of being hijacked some kitchen cabinet of the Tinubu’ administration. He represents Katsina Central in the Nigerian Senate.

According to reports, Gbajabiamila made the remark at the 2025 Dialogue Session of the Northern Caucus of the National Forum of Former Legislators in Abuja, the nation’s capital, where he said President Tinubu is a national hero that must be supported to run for another term.

He said the president has set a ‘solid’  foundation in the country, and that he should be allowed to complete what he has started, adding that the north has benefited immensely from  the Tinubu’s administration.

“From critical infrastructure to policy reforms, the north is benefitting from a government that believes in equity and shared prosperity,” he said.

Gbajabiamila insists that, “We are laying solid foundations today, and it is only right that the President is allowed to finish what he started.”