Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the City Boy Movement is well placed to deliver a big win for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential race.
Akpabio made the comment while receiving a City Boy delegation at his office on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, Vanguard reports. The movement, set up in 2022 to back Tinubu, is a youth-driven group that pushes the “Renewed Hope Agenda” and mobilises grassroots support. Akpabio is both an APC chieftain and the group’s grand patron.
He praised their work and urged them to keep pushing. “In the last election (2023), if your Movement had existed, many of our votes that were not counted in many polling units would have been counted. I want you to have it in mind that you have come up at the right time and I do know that you are all poised to ensure maximum victory come 2027.
“Know that while you are doing all these and you are going round the country mobilising, sensitising the populace, the voters, educating them, other political parties are sleeping. They are not doing the same.
“But when the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be announced, you will hear people saying it is rigged. That they did this, they did that. Ignore all those things and remain focused.”
The big three expected to clash in January 2027 are Tinubu, former Vice‑President Atiku Abubakar (ADC) and ex‑Anambra governor Peter Obi (NDC). General elections are set for January 16, 2027; governorship and assembly polls follow on February 6. Earlier, Tinubu’s media aide Sunday Dare told the Mic ON Podcast that, barring a major upset, Tinubu remains the favourite.
