2027 GENERAL ELECTIONS: APC PCC DG SENATOR YARI PARLEYS NORTHERN MUSLIM CLERICS

The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, has led a delegation of APC leaders on consultations with prominent Muslim clerics across northern Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general elections.  

The consultations covered Plateau, Kaduna, Bauchi and Kano States, where the delegation engaged Islamic scholars and leaders of major Muslim movements, including Izala, Tijjaniyya, Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) and Qadiriyya.

Yari was accompanied by former Kano State Governor and former APC National Chairman Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, former Kebbi State Governor Adamu Aliero, Senator Nasiru Sani Zangon Daura, APC National Secretary Ajibola Bashiru, former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff, James Abiodun Faleke and former Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase.  

The meetings focused on engagement with faith-based stakeholders on national issues, including security, economic hardship, national unity and relations between political leaders and religious communities.  

In Bauchi, Sheikh Ibrahim Dahiru Bauchi called for sustained dialogue between government and religious communities beyond election periods, while in Kaduna, Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau urged political leaders to listen to citizens and communicate with sincerity.  

The consultations concluded in Kano, where Sheikh Qaribullahi Nasiru Kabara, leader of the Qadiriyya movement, offered prayers for peace and unity in Nigeria and the success of the campaign council’s activities.