Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde urged voters in Nigeria’s South-East to reject ethnic and religious divisions at an Enugu town hall on Oct. 29, in a region viewed as Peter Gregory Obi’s base.
PUNCH and Premium Times reported that Makinde said the perception of the South-East as Obi’s stronghold had nearly deterred his team from visiting. “We were almost discouraged,” Makinde said, according to both outlets.
Obi won all five South-East states in the 2023 presidential election, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) results portal. INEC’s final candidate list names Makinde for the APM and Obi for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC); EconoTimes previously covered the published 2027 candidate roster.
Makinde’s campaign platform describes the Reset Agenda as covering the economy, security, education and the socio-political system. The campaign says town hall consultations across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones are intended to gather public input for the manifesto.
TheCable reported that Makinde said the manifesto would include issues raised during those meetings and the party’s proposed responses. The outlet reported that he set Nov. 4 as the planned release date.
