2027: Tinubu’s online critics are paid, says Akpabio

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has alleged that people attacking President Bola Tinubu and his supporters on social media are being paid, urging youths in the North to intensify grassroots mobilisation for the President’s re-election in 2027.

Akpabio made the call on Wednesday when a northern youth group, Arewa Revival Project, led by its coordinator, Mustafa Ibrahim, paid him a courtesy visit in his office.

The group, whose members are drawn from the 19 northern states, presented an award to the Senate President in recognition of his contributions to nation-building.

Akpabio, while thanking the group for the recognition, urged its members to mobilise support for Tinubu at the grassroots, saying Nigerians should be made to appreciate the benefits of continuity in government.

Whatever we are doing today, we are doing it to stabilise your future and ensure the survival of Nigeria. So it is good that you are seeing it.

It is not going to be easy for you because most of those who are attacking the President and attacking these young men on social media are being paid. You are not being paid.

The former Akwa Ibom governor defended the President’s economic policies, including the tax reforms, arguing that the administration was working to diversify the economy away from excessive dependence on crude oil revenue.

The 2027 general election is expected to feature Tinubu seeking a second term amid opposition efforts to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress.