Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will secure between 25 and 30 per cent of votes in the South-East during the 2027 presidential election.
Okorocha made the prediction in Abuja on Tuesday after being decorated as the National Grand Patron of Grassroots Advocacy for Tinubu 2027.
He said the South-East gave Tinubu about five per cent of its votes in the 2023 election but expressed confidence that the figure would increase in 2027.
The former governor described the planned support for Tinubu as a strategic political alliance, insisting that it did not amount to rejecting an Igbo presidential candidate.
Okorocha also urged Northerners to support Tinubu’s re-election bid, arguing that the President had stood by former President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 election and throughout his presidency.
He further claimed that he suggested the name of the All Progressives Congress during a meeting of governors in Lagos.
Meanwhile, the National Coordinator of the group, Prof. Ochugudu Ipuele, said Okorocha was chosen because of his grassroots connections and political influence.
Ipuele claimed the organisation had more than seven million members across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
