The governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, has said that President Bola Tinubu is capable of winning his 2027 re-election bid with or without the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
He stated this on Friday during a media chat in Awka, the state capital, three days after being sworn in for a second term in office.
Soludo said his party would not field a presidential candidate and described Tinubu as his friend.
He applauded the incumbent administration, adding that the President has done well since taking office.
He said, “We are not going to field one. In 2011, APGA did not field a presidential candidate. APGA fielded and adopted President Goodluck Jonathan, then president, as its presidential candidate.”
The APGA leader pledged support for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying his party was working closely with the central government.
He canvassed support for Tinubu’s second term, saying he would emerge victorious in the next general elections.
“At a personal and party level, there is no question. President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is my friend. I believe he has done well and deserves a second term. I have no apologies about that; that is my position.
“But beyond that, there is a more fundamental thing which is about the interest of my people. It is about my people; they have to have a stake at the table. He would win with or without APGA,” Soludo added.
