By our reporters ABUJA— AS parties field candidates across the 28 states where governorship elections will hold in 2027, fierce battles loom as outgoing governors fight to produce their successors and first term governors, aside from Siminalayi Fubara of River State, struggle to retain their seats. There will be no election in seven states that have off-cycle governorship polls. Among the first term governors, Fubara did not get a re-election ticket. Defections, broken alliances and the weight of incumbency have set the stage for what is panning out as Nigeria’s most consequential election in a generation. Incumbents, godfathers dark horses clash in 18 northern states The battle for the control of government houses across Nigeria’s 18 northern states has been declared. Parties have fielded their candidates. Godfathers have picked sides. And in several states, the men who were once political allies are now sworn enemies.
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https://www.beloud.com/news/134211580All this plans is for the president to still have his way by 2027 election, and these governors whom they want to restrict from second tenure are those who the present feel will not give him the desired support.
This system of politics going on in Nigeria is entirely different from the ones we used to see, imagine the governor of Rivers State was even denied the ticket to run the primary in Rivers State, this is something am seeing for the first time even after defecting to APC.