2027: Makinde, Mutfwang hold separate meetings with Tinubu at Aso Rock
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held separate meetings with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, amid growing political manoeuvres ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Mutfwang arrived the State House at about 3:00 p.m., while Makinde followed around 3:30 p.m., according to observations by our correspondent.
The high-level engagements come at a time of intense political realignments, as major actors across party lines begin strategic consultations in preparation for the next electoral cycle.
Makinde, a leading figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), remains one of the few PDP governors yet to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He is widely believed to be nurturing presidential ambitions and positioning himself for the PDP’s 2027 presidential ticket.
Mutfwang, however, recently defected from the PDP to the APC, joining a growing list of opposition politicians aligning with the ruling party. Thursday’s meeting marked his first publicly known engagement with President Tinubu since his defection.
President Tinubu has, in recent months, intensified consultations with governors across party divides, signalling a broad-based political outreach as the countdown to 2027 gradually begins.
