2027: Tinubu meets T. Y. Danjuma and Northeast and North-Central leaders at Aso Villa

Ahead of the January 16, 2027 presidential election, President Bola Tinubu held a closed-door meeting at Aso Villa in Abuja with former Defence Minister Theophilus Danjuma and political leaders from the Northeast and North-Central. The delegation included governors Caleb Mutfwang and Agbu Kefas, Yakubu Dogara, Defence Minister Christopher Musa and APC National Chairman Nentanwe Yilwatda. Dogara said they came to express solidarity with Tinubu and discuss mobilising political support, alongside cooperation, security and issues affecting their communities. He cited significant security improvements, including along the Abuja-Kaduna route, while acknowledging that some crises remain.