Southeast Ex-Governors Endorse Tinubu for 2027

Former governors from Nigeria's Southeast region endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in the 2027 general election during a meeting in Enugu on Tuesday. The endorsement emerged from the inaugural gathering of the newly formed SouthEast Forum of Former Governors, a nonpartisan group aimed at supporting and advising current state leaders on regional and national matters.

The forum, established on April 7, issued a communiqué read by David Umahi, the Minister of Works and former Ebonyi State governor. Attendees included former governors Sullivan Chime and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Chris Ngige of Anambra State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, and Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State. Several others, such as Orji Uzor Kalu, Chimaroke Nnamani, Theodore Orji, Ikedi Ohakim, and Virginia Etiaba, were absent due to prior commitments, including medical trips. Umahi expressed confidence that more than 90 percent of former Southeast governors would participate in upcoming meetings.

The group praised Tinubu's administration for key appointments of Southeast indigenes to federal positions and for what they described as an infrastructure revolution in the region, comparable to efforts...