2027: Tompolo flags off door-to-door campaign for Tinubu in Katsina

The founder and convener of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has unveiled the initiative in Katsina State as part of efforts to mobilise grassroots support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

According to a statement personally signed by Tompolo on Monday, the unveiling began with 34 local government coordinators being inaugurated and campaign vehicles presented to them at the People’s Square in Katsina.

Represented at the event by Kestin Pondi, Tompolo said the movement was established to deepen grassroots engagement and promote support for the Tinubu administration.

He said the relationship between Tinubu and Katsina was based on trust, confidence and inclusion, urging members of the movement to take the administration’s message directly to the people.

“The relationship between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Katsina State is built on trust, confidence and inclusion. We are here to strengthen that relationship and take the message of the administration to the grassroots,” he said.

Tompolo urged members of the movement to embark on door-to-door mobilisation across wards, communities, markets and households.

“Our responsibility is to go from door to door, from ward to ward and from community to community, engaging the people and explaining the programmes and achievements of President Tinubu’s administration,” he added.

As part of the launch, 34 campaign vehicles were distributed to the newly inaugurated coordinators representing the 34 local government areas of the state.

Speaking at the event, Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, assured Tinubu of the state’s support for his re-election bid in the 2027 presidential election.

Radda described Katsina as a stronghold of the All Progressives Congress, saying the party had a strong political structure across the state.

“Katsina State is an APC state. Every elected person in Katsina State is a member of the All Progressives Congress, and I want to assure you that Katsina State has a special attachment to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” the governor said.

He said the relationship between Tinubu and Katsina could be traced to the President’s longstanding ties with prominent northern political leaders.

Radda also recalled Tinubu’s role in the political process that culminated in the emergence of the late President Muhammadu Buhari as the APC presidential candidate and his subsequent victory in the 2015 presidential election.

The governor commended Tompolo for selecting Katsina as the first state in northern Nigeria to host the launch of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement.

He said, “The choice was significant in view of the historical relationship between northern Nigeria and the Niger Delta, particularly in promoting peace and national development.

“The Presidential Amnesty Programme was established under the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as an example of cooperation between the two regions.”

He said such initiatives demonstrated the importance of building bridges across Nigeria’s geopolitical zones and promoting national unity.

Also speaking, the Katsina State coordinator of the Renewed Hope movement and former Deputy Governor, Tukur Jikamshi, said Katsina had historically played an important role in Nigeria’s political development.

Jikamshi said the APC remained united across the state’s 361 wards and 34 local government areas, adding that the existing structure would be deployed to strengthen grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 elections.

He assured the organisers that members of the movement would intensify their engagements with residents across communities in the state.