The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, and Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has announced former Director-General of the State Security Service, SSS, Lawal Daura, as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election.
Mr Makinde made the announcement at the elective national convention of the APM held at the Rilwanu Adamu Square, Government House, Bauchi, where Yusuf Dantalle was re-elected as the national chairman of the party.
Mr Daura replaces the former placeholder, Ibrahim Bala.
His emergence followed his resignation from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), where he reportedly lost the party’s governorship ticket for Katsina State.
Explaining the choice of Mr Daura as his running mate, Mr Makinde said the former intelligence chief was deliberately selected to help address the country’s worsening security challenges.
“As we approach 2027, therefore, I believe the task before all of us is bigger than winning an election. It is to give Nigerians a real choice about the future of their country,” Mr Makinde said.
Congratulating the newly elected national officers of the APM, the governor said the party had, within a short period, emerged as an opposition platform to reckon with.
He urged the new leadership to work with other opposition parties towards presenting a credible alternative to Nigerians in 2027, stressing that a viable opposition was indispensable to the survival of democracy.
“As I said during the Ibadan Declaration in April this year, the presence of credible opposition is what sustains democracy.
“So, our new leaders must be ready to work with other opposition parties to ensure that we give Nigerians a credible alternative in the 2027 general election,” he said.
