Massive Grassroots Boost for Tinubu’s 2027 Re-election: All 774 LG Councillors Align with City Boys Movement in Owerri
In a major political realignment ahead of the 2027 presidential election, councillors from Nigeria’s 774 Local Government Areas have formally joined the City Boys Movement, pledging unwavering support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid. The declaration was made during a high-profile gathering in Owerri, Imo State, at the weekend, where the councillors teamed up with the youth-driven City Boys Movement to form what they described as an “unstoppable force” for the President’s return to office. Hon. Evoh Okechukwu Nwikegwu, President of the National Councillors Forum of Nigeria, addressed the gathering and announced that the nation’s 8,809 councillors are mobilising across 176,836 polling units nationwide to deliver a landslide victory for Tinubu in the January 2027 polls. “The figures are staggering. This is a movement poised to sweep across the nation. Any agenda that seeks to undermine this will be rendered a futile attempt to obstruct progress,” Nwikegwu declared. ...