2027 presidency: Tinubu's top minister sends bold message to Peter Obi, reason, details emerge

• Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has declared that each governors from the Southeast portion of Nigeria are firmly supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
• Speaking successful a diagnostic commemorating President Tinubu's 2nd twelvemonth successful office, Umahi highlighted the ongoing translation crossed the Southeast nether the Tinubu administration
• The curate explained wherefore Labour Party's Peter Obi should articulation Tinubu's up of the 2027 election

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

State House, Abuja - Minister of Works Senator David Umahi said each the governors successful the Southeast portion are supporting President Bola Tinubu and urged the undecided, specified arsenic erstwhile politician Peter Obi, to articulation the train.

He besides said a conception of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is nearing completion and that users volition person to wage a toll starting successful December.

Dave Umahi has explained wherefore each southeast governors are backing Tinubu up of the 2027 election. Photo credit: Mr. Peter Obi, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dave Umahi
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"All southeast govs are backing Tinubu," Umahi shares why

Senator Umahi made this disclosure successful a feature interrogation for an upcoming State House documentary marking President Tinubu's 2nd anniversary.

The minister's assertions were contained successful a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, connected Thursday, May 20, 2025.

According to Umahi, each South East governors enactment President Bola Tinubu's administration, careless of their governmental affiliations.

According to the minister, the South East is witnessing a caller question of national attraction and infrastructure improvement nether President Tinubu.

"The Igbo antheral is enterprising and blessed with God-given wisdom. What Ndi Igbo question is fairness, Nigeria that treats each portion equally. That is what President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing."

He noted that portion cries of marginalisation utilized to predominate conversations successful the South East, the existent medication has made important advancement successful addressing long-standing concerns astir infrastructure and appointments.

"All the governors successful the South East, careless of enactment affiliation, are moving with the President. We're adjacent readying a acme to bring unneurotic each South-East leaders to endorse the President for the 2027 elections formally."

Minister of works Umahi speaks connected Tinubu's re-election, sends connection to absorption enactment figures up of 2027. Photo credit: Dave Umahi
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Umahi: Peter Obi, absorption should articulation america for the advancement of southeast

Senator Umahi urged cardinal determination absorption figures to align with the president for the greater bully of the South East.

Umahi specifically appealed to Peter Obi, Labour Party flagbearer to prioritise determination advancement implicit governmental rivalry and enactment alongside the Tinubu medication up of the 2027 election.

"Leadership is not astir self—it's astir the people. If idiosyncratic other is already doing what you would person done for your people, enactment him. I telephone connected my brother, His Excellency Peter Obi, to articulation america and enactment with Mr. President."He indispensable beryllium portion of this acme wherever we volition collectively endorse President Tinubu for the 2027 election. I accidental it boldly: the South East is blessed with the President," Umahi said.

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Umahi calls Tinubu "Joseph the dreamer"

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Minister of Works praised President Tinubu’s courageousness and vision, likening him to the biblical Joseph for his committedness to infrastructure development.

Umahi revealed that Tinubu revived a 47-year-old roadworthy task archetypal conceived nether Shehu Shagari, describing the inaugural arsenic a awesome of nationalist unity.

Umahi commended Tinubu for affirmative economical indicators, including GDP maturation and improved overseas exchange, citing World Bank remarks that Nigeria is nary longer successful debt.

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