Atiku's son Abba launches Tinubu 2027 mobilisation, plans two-million march
- Abba Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice-President Atiku, has launched a support group for President Tinubu's 2027 re-election.
- The Haske Bola Tinubu Organisation plans a two-million-man march across the six geopolitical zones, starting in Abuja.
- It also promises 10 luxury buses for transport support, beginning in the FCT, and a major mobilisation in Rivers next week.
Alhaji Abba Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has unveiled a 2027 mobilisation plan for President Bola Tinubu's re-election, putting him on the opposite side of his father in the coming presidential race.
Abba, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), presented his Haske Bola Tinubu Organisation (HBTO) at the party's national secretariat in Abuja on Friday. The group says it will build grassroots structures for Tinubu ahead of the January 16, 2027 election, which Atiku is contesting on the African Democratic Congress (ADC) platform.
Asked about the family divide, Abba said political choices should not be tied to family ties. He said conviction was "a matter of personal judgement, conscience and the freedom of every individual to make independent choices."
What the group is planning
HBTO said it will hold a two-million-man mobilisation march across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones, beginning in Abuja. Abba said the group's immediate focus is supporting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), whom he called a key political leader in its structure, and working towards delivering the FCT and Rivers State for Tinubu.
He said a major political mobilisation is planned in Rivers in the first week of November.
The organisation also promised 10 luxury buses to ease transport costs for ordinary Nigerians, starting in the FCT before spreading to other states. Abba said political support should go beyond talk and touch people's daily lives.
He listed the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, road investments, higher monthly allocations to states through the Federation Account Allocation Committee and transport support schemes as reasons for backing the President. He acknowledged that the reforms have brought "difficult adjustments" but argued they are meant to deliver long-term benefits.
He said HBTO will set up structures in every zone, work with other groups and take the government's message into communities.
What happens next
The Rivers mobilisation is expected in the first week of November, according to Abba. The march and the bus scheme have no dates yet. Whether the group can deliver on its two-million figure will be tested as campaigns build towards the 2027 vote.
