He insisted that the governor remained committed to reconciliation, inclusiveness and party unity, stressing that there is just one APC in Ondo Situation.
Niger: Past disagreements still haunt party
The modern political tension amid some of the key political stakeholders of the APC in Niger Condition has become a source of worry for decisive stakeholders in the status.
An observer who referred to Governor Umaru Mohammed Bago, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, popularly familiar as 313, former Governor Abubakar Sani Bello and Minister of Facts and Countrywide Orientation Mohammed Idris, as influential figures before the complete of the APC’s political manner in the situation, said past frictions, if not completely extinguished, would undermine APC’s chances.
He said their political relationships had at no time moved smoothly given that 2023, suggesting that such infighting would have implications beyond their accurate ambitions.
Some analysts have described the perceived differences in the middle of Governor Bago, Senator 313 and former Governor Abubakar Sani Bello as section of a wider struggle over political influence and management of the party structure in Niger Status.
The disagreements had raised concerns regarding the APC’s ability to declare a united front ahead of 2027 albeit some moves had been made to reconcile them.
In January 2026, Bago hosted Abubakar Sani Bello and Mohammed Idris at the Government House in Minna, using the meeting presented as an labor to upgrade solidarity between the party’s key figures.
The reconciliation remark became even further explicit in July 2026 when Minister Mohammed Idris addressed Niger APC stakeholders and called for unity, mutual respect and the preference aside of differences.
These developments suggest that the party orientation is conscious of the possible consequences of internal disagreements and attempting to deter them from developing into a additional permanent factional crisis ahead of the typical elections.
Despite such reconciliatory moves, observers still doubt if the reported reconciliation would change into a legitimate political assistance at the grassroots.
An insider in the APC in the status told Weekend Trust that ”Presidential elections are not fought merely by method of countrywide structures; they depend heavily on nearby mobilisation, party organisation, influential politicians and the ability to coordinate supporters across senatorial districts, community governments and wards.”
From Hussein Yahaya (Abuja), Ibrahim Musa Giginyu (Katsina), Abubakar Abdullahi (Lafia), Hassan Ibrahim (Bauchi), Hope Abah (Makurdi), Promise Adagba (Akure), Abdullahi Abdulrahaman Chakwa (Gusau), Hamisu Kabir Matazu (Maiduguri), Haruna Gimba Yaya (Gombe) & Nda Alhaji (Minna)
This will be done particularly shortly,” said the party source, who craved anonymity.
Weekend Trust reports that the condition in some of the states is even greater precarious including intense rivalry in the midst of those who are supposed to be operating for the same aim, divisions occasioned political interests and personality clashes.
Katsina: Radda’s political camp versus Abuja-based network
The haze in the reported alleged tension between Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s political camp and the Abuja-based network connected using Ibrahim Kabir Masari is yet to plain.
It was gathered that the disagreements may be around political effect and campaign structures.
The reported billboard controversy and the absence of some of Radda’s allies from the initial presidential campaign organization have fueled speculation on a widening division in the middle of the two camps using each operating separately.
Analysts said neither development founded a gulf in the middle of Radda and President Bola Tinubu as Masari has publicly called for APC unity and mobilisation for both men who are contesting to earn to office in 2027.
Radda has repeatedly pledged Katsina’s guide for Tinubu and has moved to increase the governor’s regulation of the situation party framework. None of the well-understood aggrieved APC figures attended the meeting, apart from the governorship candidate, M A Abubakar.
The development in Bauchi Status has continued widened the cracks in the party, notably so amid important stakeholders, threatening internal cohesion and eroding audience confidence.
Nasarawa: Unresolved internal wrangling
Nasarawa Declare is controlled by the ruling APC under the management of Governor Abdullahi Sule, who is championing the cause of his party and the second term bid of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Governor Sule is not alone in the campaign for the president’s re-election in the status. Even although the three politicians are now formally indoors the APC fold, differences over influence, party structures and political succession have continued to draw attention.
Yari’s appointment as the Administrator-Extensive of the Tinubu/Shettima 2027 Presidential Campaign Council has supplementary elevated his role in the domestic campaign arrangement. He said Tunji-Ojo had continued to assist President Tinubu and the APC across different mobilisation efforts and assist groups across the condition.
Jaiyeoba maintained that the disagreements could be resolved if both sides embraced dialogue, adding that tensions increased once a lot of aspirants believed to be loyal to the minister secured APC tickets during the primaries.
On his element, the Senior One-of-a-caring Assistant to Governor Aiyedatiwa on Society Engagement, Steve Otaloro, said the existence of independent tendencies before the complete of a political party was not unusual, explicitly ahead of primary elections. The APC management has acknowledged that grievances arising from the primaries contributed to the contemporary tensions and prompted the reconciliation drive.
Responding to concerns over the rift, a media aide to the Minister of Interior, Pelumi Jaiyeoba, described the circumstance as a healthy political competition rather than a filled-blown crisis. He has re-emphasised his loyalty to the Wike faction and remains resolute to endorse Tinubu on the directive of the faction leaders, including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Similarly, loyalists of former Inspector-Universal of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, who defected from the APC to become the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in the situation, are aligning themselves together with the campaign for Tinubu.
His supporters said they shared independent interests including APC supporters on other elective positions but their assistance and votes in the presidential election were for Tinubu. In a mention, the North-West zonal planner of the Northern Youth Frontier (NYF), Saminu Tukur, argued that selecting Sheriff carried reputational consequences.
Although acknowledging that Sheriff had previously denied controversies associated including his political career and that questions of criminal responsibility persist matters for legal institutions, Tukur maintained that campaign appointments had broader political implications.
The NYF consequently called on the APC assist to drop Sheriff from the campaign council.
Adding to the pressure, the Borno IDPs Welfare Collaboration in Kano, in a September 4, 2026 letter addressed to the Presidential Campaign Council Administrator-Extensive, Senator Abdulazeez Yari, petitioned the instruction to reconsider Sheriff’s participation in an coming campaign event.
Signed by its chairman, Amb Muhammad Gana Bukar, the collection argued the Sheriff’s presence would evoke painful memories for displaced persons, potentially distracting from the campaign’s communication of unity.
The pushback against Sheriff, nonetheless met a wall of aggressive district defence.
The North-East Coalition for Truth, Justice and Responsible Direction (NECTJRL) powerfully condemned the petitions, labeling them “manufactured political charades” orchestrated by external forces.
During a press briefing in Maiduguri, NECTJRL chairman, Alhaji Abba Chima Habib, raised a geopolitical puzzle, questioning why the loudest opposition to a North-East appointment consistently originates from externally the region—pointing to preceding petitions originating from Kebbi Status in the North-West in advance of shifting to Kano.
In addition, the NECTJRL challenged the legitimacy of the petitioners, noting that investigations present there are no conventional IDP camps in Kano Status, particularly given the aggressive resettlement efforts spearheaded by the Borno Condition Governor Babagana Zulum.
As the 2027 widespread elections technique, the controversy surrounding Senator Ali Modu Sheriff highlights underlying tensions during the APC concerning power distribution, area autonomy and the integration of political heavyweights.
Whereas critics test to clip his political wings and invoke past controversies, his loyalists maintain that the ruling party cannot afford the “politics of exclusion” if it hopes to secure a decisive victory in the North-East.
Gombe: Goje, Gov Yahaya feud unresolved
In Gombe Declare, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya and Senator Muhammad Danjuma Goje, representing Gombe Central senatorial district, are the top leaders of the APC and are expected to spearhead President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s campaign in the situation.
Whereas Goje has a ‘well-oiled’ political organization in the situation, he virtually had a hand in the progression of all the display political officeholders in the declare, starting from the governor. The former governor is expected to play a primary role in mobilising support for the APC presidential ticket, including in the North-West.
Governor Lawal, who moved from the PDP to the APC in March, has publicly welcomed Yari’s appointment and described it as an important development for the party’s presidential campaign. Some supporters are threatening to effort against the interests of candidates that emerged from the trade together with,” Ojo said.
He noted that a lot of of the APC’s Domestic Assembly candidates emerged from the camp of the minister of interior, a development that allegedly widened the gap amid the minister’s supporters and loyalists of the governor.
Ojo continued argued that both camps appeared to be competing for political sway during the APC in Ondo Situation, making reconciliation greater difficult as the party prepares for the 2027 elections.
The analyst warned that the crisis could impact Tinubu’s vote harvest in the status if aggrieved politicians and their supporters remained outdoors the party’s mainstream structure. In 2023, the then ruling APC lost the governorship to Lawal’s PDP despite the presence of countless heavyweight APC politicians in the condition.
For Tinubu’s campaign, the implication is that Zamfara’s political actors would name for to establish an successful mechanism for coordinating grassroots mobilisation, campaign messaging, polling unit structures and the interests of the varied blocs.
As the election approaches, the ability of Yari, Matawalle and Lawal to status a working operating collaboration could become one of the factors observers will watch in assessing APC’s presidential campaign in Zamfara.
Ondo: Infighting within Tinubu’s supporters
Growing rivalry in the midst of key loyalists of President Bola Tinubu in Ondo Condition is emerging as a significant inquiry for the APC, using political stakeholders warning that unresolved divisions could undermine the party’s mobilisation efforts ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The crisis, which intensified subsequent to the APC Statewide Assembly primaries, has pitched supporters of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa against those loyal to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo following disputes over the emergence and subsequent replacement of some candidates. In September, APC stakeholders in the declare said the party had current mobilisation structures across all the 34 nearby government areas, wards and polling units, during the time that Radda urged them to activity for Tinubu and other APC candidates.
According to Ahmad Mohammad of Useful Governance Initiative Network, challenge for the APC would merely arise if the disagreement produces parallel campaign structures in the situation.
The Prominent Adviser on Network Development to Governor Radda, Abubakar Ahmad Tsanni, tendered his resignation alongside indications that he had pitched tent including the Masari camp.
According to a political analyst, Abdul Shehu, the main query is whether the Radda–Masari alleged disagreement remains an internal struggle for mold or develops into an organisational division during Katsina APC.
Borno: Storm over Sheriff’s inclusion in Tinubu’s campaign
A fierce political tussle has erupted before the terminate of the ruling APC over the appointment of a former Borno Condition governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the North-East zonal campaign planner for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.
During the time that the appointment has been celebrated by loyalists, it has simultaneously triggered a wave of resistance, counter-petitions and allegations of proxy wars orchestrated by rival political factions, both during and outdoors the region.
Insiders seal to the political landscape contend that the central resistance against Sheriff stems from top APC leaders in Abuja, who are uncomfortable including his political weight, domineering outlook and the promising to hijack party structures ahead of later power dynamics.
Sources during Sheriff’s camp too state a dominant APC faction fears that if the former governor plays a large role in securing a victory for President Tinubu in 2027, his subsequent influence could overshadow accepted authorities in the region.
Surprisingly, a important rejection of Sheriff has emanated from externally the North-East. His predecessor and political ally turned rival in the succession struggle, Senator Tanko Al-Makura, is too actively functioning for Tinubu’s second term.
Senator Al-Makura, who shares varied interests together with Governor Sule on who should emerge as the governorship candidate of the APC in 2027, is the North-Principal planner of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu.
On the other hand, the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa Situation, Shuaibu Labaran Magaji, a lawyer, who is an appointee of Governor Sule, is the situation planner of the same Renewed Hope Agenda.
Whilst Al-Makura coordinates the programmes of the Renewed Hope Agenda across the six states of the North-Essential zone, Magaji is in charge of the same activities at the declare stage, creating what observers see as parallel structures of the same campaign movement.
Newly, another recommend fixed for President Tinubu emerged in the status, familiar as Renewed Hope Project 2027, led by Dr Jibrin Eya as condition enabler, who pledged to entrench the arrangement in all the electoral wards and polling units across the situation for successful mobilisation for Tinubu.
The emergence of multiple assist groups and coordinators for the president in the same ruling party has raised concerns within party stakeholders regarding teamwork and unity of intention.
During the time that this silent rivalry is current in members of the president’s party, the opposition is moreover laying assert to Tinubu’s re-election project.
Furthermore, the Wike faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the status is said to be operating separately for the victory of President Tinubu in Nasarawa.
The PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 election, Emmanuel David Ombugadu, had briefly defected to the APC but later returned to the PDP. He additionally congratulated former governors – Ahmed Sani Yarima, Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi and Matawalle on their respective roles in the campaign council.
Meanwhile, Matawalle publicly said later than Lawal’s defection that he would assistance the governor’s second-term bid, and called on his supporters to cooperate alongside the administration. He too said the unity of former governors and the incumbent under the APC platform could support the party present a solid vote for Tinubu in 2027.
Yet, audience statements of unity have not entirely removed questions regarding the tie in the middle of the varied political blocs.
Reports in April 2026 indicated disagreements in the Zamfara APC over regulation of party structures and political influence, alongside Matawalle complaining that arrangements involving Lawal and Yari had sidelined his camp.
Political analysts said the essential matter for the APC may consequently not be whether Yari, Matawalle and Lawal belong to the same party, but whether their divided political networks can be effectively coordinated during the presidential campaign.
The three camps have unlike political histories and constituencies.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) formally presented its presidential campaign council on August 22, but even prior to formally naming the council, intense political maneuverings and strategies to woo the electorate had been intense.
Even though the list of members of the council was later suspended due to complaints, the tempo of the campaign has been rising earlier than the promised adjustments on the list could be released, as the Leader-Overall of the Campaign Council, Abdulaziz Yari has been going round the country including the observe of reelecting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu..
Together with barely three months to the extensive elections, there are indications that the basic edges in the formation of the council and issues emanating therefrom have not been smoothened, both at the nationwide and condition levels.
Our correspondents declare that at the domestic rank, the AbdulAziz Yari-led Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling party has commenced activities although still awaiting correct inauguration.
Our correspondent reports that criticism over the inclusion of confirmed individuals in the campaign council prompted the Presidency and the ruling party to delay the inauguration.
The inclusion of former government officials now under inquiry by anti-graft agencies, alongside serving officials occupying sensitive community offices, drew sharp criticism from civil community organisations and other stakeholders.
Whereas the Presidency defended the composition of the council, it admitted that adjustments would be made to the list.
A party chieftain who spoke including our correspondent yesterday mentioned that the party was still awaiting the president’s revenue to Abuja for the final matter of the campaign council list.
“I believe the council would be inaugurated once the president approves the expanded list. He cited his desire to help Tinubu’s second term bid as one of his reasons for joining the ruling party.
Despite his revenue to the PDP, Ombugadu has not jettisoned that position. Lawal, as the incumbent governor, controls the machinery of the condition government and has built his own political followership.
The challenge for the APC would be converting these distinct networks into a coordinated electoral organization rather than allowing competition within them to alter grassroot mobilisation.
This is exactly applicable as Zamfara’s political landscape has previously demonstrated that powerful personalities and competing political interests can significantly alter electoral calculations. According to him, some APC members who lost out in the central consider have already moved to other political parties, although others have aligned alongside emerging political coalitions.
“Those who left the APC still have loyal supporters. On his component, Governor Yahaya has the power of incumbency, as well as assorted projects he executed across the declare, which he hopes would guide in bringing goodwill to the APC.
Still, political observers said the rift was orchestrated betwixt Goje and his erstwhile political godson by some politicians loyal to Governor Yahaya, who pitted him against his former boss, adding that it would impact the APC’s chances during the 2027 elections.
The governor started scheming to ‘receive rid’ of Goje and take comprehensive command of the party. Yari retains a large political tolerate and a extended-standing network in Zamfara, whilst Matawalle has his own structures developed during his tenure as governor and subsequent federal appointment. If they contest on other platforms, their followers may vote for the presidential candidates of those parties, and that could decrease the votes obtainable to Tinubu,” he said.
The crisis has moreover spilled into the courts, together with some aspirants challenging the replacement of their names once the primaries. They openly campaign for the APC presidential candidate at several of their political gatherings.
Political analysts in Lafia said the scenario presented a involved picture for the 2027 presidential election in Nasarawa.
Using Governor Sule, Senator Al-Makura, Magaji and Eya primary unlike groups for Tinubu indoors the APC, whilst the Wike faction of the PDP and loyalists of the former IGP in the SDP additionally assert to effort for the president from beyond the party, the pro-Tinubu camp appears fragmented along governorship and other community political interests.
Benue: Lingering tiff amid Alia, Akume
In Benue Status, the political rivalry betwixt Governor Hyacinth Alia and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, may pose a experiment to the APC as it seeks to maximise President Bola Tinubu’s endorse in Benue Declare ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Even although both Alia and Akume publicly approve President Tinubu’s re-election, their opposing interests in the declare’s political contests have created a circumstance in which supporters of the two camps are increasingly divided.
The disagreement has primarily centred on the command of the APC structure and the preference of candidates for elective positions.
Our correspondent reports that the rivalry became greater pronounced during the party’s 2026 primaries, where multiple political figures linked using the Akume camp lost their tickets, during the time that candidates identified using the governor’s camp emerged in a figure of constituencies.
Nonetheless, in a battle of supremacy, the win in Alia’s camp was upturned to favour the Akume’s camp later than the APC apex body waded into the controversy.
The condition additionally produced parallel party structures lengthy ahead of the primaries and competing claims over APC nominations, using the two camps at divided times issuing divided directives and backing varied aspirants.
Beyond the APC, the political calculations have increasingly involved opposition figures and candidates.
Some politicians linked using either camp have been linked to political realignments beyond the APC, raising questions around whether loyalty to only leaders could, in some constituencies, compete using loyalty to the party and its presidential candidate.
That distinction could become important in the presidential election considering a faction of the PDP in the status now pledging support for Tinubu’s reelection.
Although Alia and Akume may persist committed to Tinubu, their supporters at the grassroots could prioritise community contests and candidates, precisely where their preferred aspirants are contesting against candidates backed by the rival camp.
The topic, yet, might trickle to earlier warning that the Alia-Akume rivalry could influence Tinubu’s prospects in Benue if the APC failed to reconcile its factions.
Greater of overdue, factions of APC stakeholders in Benue publicly backed either both Alia and Tinubu or PDP’s candidate, Michael Aondoakaa, a Senior Champion of Nigeria (SAN) and Tinubu, using each warning party members against anti-party activities, suggesting that concerns around internal division persist alive alongside the party.
Undoubtedly, the ability of the APC to reconcile the two camps in advance of the 2027 polls could as a outcome influence how effectively the party mobilises its structures and supporters for Tinubu across the declare.
Zamfara: 3 camps for Tinubu
At the centre of the political calculations in Zamfara are three influential camps affiliated alongside former Governor Abdul’aziz Yari, Minister of Status for Defence, Bello Matawalle and Governor Dauda Lawal. For instance, during the 2022 primary election, it took the intervention of the statewide command of the party under a former nationwide chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, for Goje to gain a ticket to re-contest for his seat, which he eventually won.
On Sunday, during an engagement using his supporters in Gombe, Goje told them not to vote for those who denied him ticket ahead of the 2027 extensive elections.
He said those who are at the moment vying for the Akko and Yamaltu/Deba federal constituencies and the Gombe Principal senatorial district are section of the people who conspired to rig him out of the initial election despite his extended-standing contributions to the party.
Using the 2027 elections quick approaching and Governor Yahaya appointed to the Tinubu/Shettima 2027 Campaign Council as zonal planner for Stakeholders’ Mobilisation, he has a herculean job to galvanise guide for the president, considering the feud in the middle of him and Senator Danjuma Goje.
Bauchi: Stakeholders run parallel campaign groups
Essential stakeholders of All Progressive Congress in Bauchi Declare are now grappling using lack of a ordinary front for the presidential campaign of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the situation
The significant check facing the APC is the detailed division within its stalwarts following the party’s governorship primary that drew a battle line amid the manager of the party, Minister of Health and Social Welfare Mohammed Ali Pate, the governorship candidate, Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar on one side and the other aggrieved aspirants and their supporters on the other.
The countrywide direction of the party has appointed former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to leader a reconciliation committee and charged together with the responsibility of identifying grievances and reconcile members.
Investigations revealed that although top APC figures, particularly those that sought the APC governorship ticket in Bauchi Situation, are showing commitment to the re-election of president Tinubu by donating vehicles, offices, billboards and posters across the declare, they are doing it on subjective reason, not under a united platform.
Findings indicate that the aggrieved stalwarts are funding the APC presidential campaign under distinct nomenclatures and political groups.
The solely integrated presidential campaign mobilisations were carried out by Nationwide Assembly candidates of the APC led by the candidate for the Bauchi South senatorial district, Yakubu Abdullahi, who newly launched an electoral-unit-by-electoral-unit presidential campaign.
When the Presidential Campaign Council led by Yari visited Bauchi, it went to the residence of the tardy Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi and subsequently held a meeting using some Ulamas. The disagreements were prominent abundant to force the party to establish a reconciliation committee headed by Biyi Poroye to restore unity.
A political analyst and legal practitioner, Alexander Ojo, said the infighting in the midst of Tinubu’s loyalists in the declare had created disaffection in the APC despite audience declarations of support for the president by the rival camps.
According to him, some party members became aggrieved once candidates who emerged from the primaries were later replaced by the party’s domestic direction, leaving numerous supporters dissatisfied together with the administer.
“Whereas all of them state they are functioning for Tinubu, there is serious disaffection in the party.
Source: Inside APC campaigns
