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Sowore say APC bus crowd for Tinubu Kaduna rally

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The gist
  • Omoyele Sowore claim say APC bring supporters from across Nigeria to fill Ranchers Bees Stadium for Kaduna.
  • E say stadium only fit 5,000 and the crowd no prove say Tinubu get nationwide backing.
  • President Tinubu use the rally ask Nigerians for second term and defend im economic record.

Omoyele Sowore, di African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, don talk say di crowd wey full President Bola Tinubu campaign rally for Kaduna no mean say di ruling party get support across di country.

For one post on im verified Facebook account, Sowore allege say di All Progressives Congress (APC) bring people from different parts of Nigeria come fill Ranchers Bees Stadium, wey dem still call Kaduna Township Stadium. E talk say di venue fit about 5,000 people.

E argue say full stadium no be nationwide backing for Tinubu, and e talk say di President go lose di 2027 election.

Di APC never respond to di allegation for di reports wey we review. Na Sowore claim, no be finding by any court or electoral body.

Wetin Tinubu tell di crowd

Di Kaduna event mark di formal start of di APC campaign for di 2027 presidential election. Tinubu dey there with Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani, APC governors, ministers and lawmakers.

According to Reuters, di President thank those wey come and ask dem to vote for am again. "Come 2027, January 16, you must go out massively and elect me again," e talk.

Tinubu still defend im economic policies, wey don dey get steady criticism as food prices, transport costs and inflation dey squeeze household budgets. E blame im opponents for di hardship. "They created the hunger. They created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it," e talk.

For ordinary Nigerians, di exchange matter less as crowd-counting argument and more as sign of di campaign to come: di ruling party go point to im record and ask for more time, while opposition figures go keep pressing on di cost of living.

Wetin go happen next

Di 2027 general election still more than one year away, and campaigns don dey heat up, with parties dey test crowds and messages across di states.

Expect more rallies, more claims about attendance, and more argument over whether di economy dey improve. Voters go get di final say for di ballot.

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