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2027: I will support Atiku to be president over Tinubu, can't join APC - Tambuwal

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Sep 06, 2025

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Borno South senator, Aminu Tambuwal, has said he would support former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to rule Nigeria over President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

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Tambuwal said Tinubu is no longer the same person during their days of fighting for democracy.

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Featuring on Channels Television's politics Today on Friday night, the former governor of Sokoto State said: "If Atiku is running and Bola Tinubu is, I will not support Tinubu, on Obi if that situation presents itself, I will decide."

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Tambuwal also declared that he won't join the All Progressives Congress, APC.

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The lawmaker explained that he does not believe in the way APC is governing Nigeria.

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"I will not join APC, it's a personal decision and I do not believe in the way the country is being run currently," he said.

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Tambuwal also recalled warning Nigerians about the current hardship under Tinubu during the build-up to the 2023 presidential election.

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"I was the DG of Atiku's campaign in 2023 and we went round this country to warn Nigerians against voting for Tinubu and his party.

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"I can't say that I'm disappointed because it's clear, he is appearing to be different from what I knew of him in the past when we collaborated.

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"I saw the way APC was driving Nigeria to where it is today as far back in 2018 and I left in August 2018," he added.

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— Thompson Nsisongabasi

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