APC sets 2027 vote targets in Niger and Lagos

The All Progressives Congress is setting vote targets and expanding campaign preparations for Nigeria’s 2027 elections, with officials in Niger and Lagos describing separate state-level mobilisation plans. Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago said the party aims to secure more than two million votes in the state. He announced the target on October 26 in Minna as he inaugurated a 525-member Presidential-Gubernatorial Campaign Council. Bago said the council would coordinate efforts to mobilise voters across the state. The council includes commissioners, political appointees, lawmakers, local government chairmen and other party figures. Its director-general, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, said it would organise work across directorates, local governments, wards and polling units, and pledged to focus on grassroots engagement, unity and compliance with electoral guidelines. Bago urged party members to welcome people returning from other political parties. APC North Central vice-chairman Muazu Bawa Rijau cautioned members against underestimating their opponents and called for continued efforts to re-elect the president and win seats at state and national levels. Bago said the APC planned to...