Tompolo donates 50 vehicles for Tinubu’s re-election campaign in Enugu, Cross River

Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has donated 50 vehicles to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign in Enugu and Cross River states ahead of the 2027 general election.

The vehicles were donated on Monday at separate rallies organised by the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement to the inaugurate its state chapters and distribute campaign materials to state coordinators.

Enugu and Cross River received 25 vehicles each.

In Cross River, the state government pledged to mobilise voters to deliver at least 1.5 million votes for Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the state has 1,928,978 registered voters.

Bassey Otu, governor of Cross River, who was represented by Peter Odey, his deputy, said the state would support Tinubu in appreciation of the development projects executed and increased federal allocations received under his administration.

The governor listed the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, increased federal allocations, prompt payment of salaries and infrastructure development among the benefits of the Tinubu administration.

He also said the state needed to support Tinubu’s re-election bid to regain its status as an oil-producing state and facilitate the completion of the Bakassi Deep Sea Port, which he said the president would inaugurate on November 13, 2026.

“If we don’t support Tinubu to be re-elected, we will miss a lot, so a support for Tinubu is a support for ourselves,” he said.

“If we were to give the president one million votes, the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement has made it 1.5 million because of the logistics support, which will enable us go deep into the corners of the state to campaign at every door.”

In Enugu, Peter Mbah, governor of the state, who was represented by Ifeanyi Ossai, his deputy, commended the movement for investing in grassroots mobilisation, particularly its recruitment of members across electoral wards.

Ossai said the Tinubu administration was working to address the country’s challenges, adding that its achievements in the last three and a half years provided a basis for continuity.

Earlier, Tompolo, who was represented by Kestin Pondi, managing director of Tantita Security Services, urged residents of Cross River to vote for Tinubu and candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 elections.

He likened the administration’s reforms to planting of crops and waiting for harvest, saying they required time to yield positive results and should be sustained.

“Today, we no longer have fuel queues. We like to compare Nigeria with Asian countries that are doing well, like Malaysia and Indonesia, but one thing we forget to remember is that in those countries, reforms took over 25 or 35 years in some cases,” he said.

“Given the same conditions as we have in Nigeria, under which President Tinubu is operating, they may not have achieved what he has achieved in four years.”

Tompolo said Nigerians needed to re-elect Tinubu to sustain programmes such as the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) and increased federal allocations to states.

“We cannot start development and truncate it. We want you to vote APC candidates in all elections,” he said.

He said the donated vehicles would strengthen the movement’s campaign activities and help increase the number of votes projected for Tinubu in the states.

“If the plan was to deliver 80 percent, this should help you take it to 99 percent,” he said.

Tompolo described Tinubu as a courageous leader who had taken difficult decisions to reposition the economy, expressing confidence that the reforms would deliver a better future for the country.

He said the campaign would cover wards, polling units, churches, mosques, markets and other public places to communicate the administration’s policies and achievements.

He also commended Mbah for projects and initiatives in Enugu, including road infrastructure, bus terminals, a command and control centre, an international conference centre, smart schools, the airport and Enugu Air.

Sunday Asuku, national coordinator of the movement, urged Nigerians to prepare to make their voices heard through their permanent voter cards (PVCs) in the 2027 elections.

Asuku said the country needed continuity and consolidation of ongoing reforms, adding that Nigerians should tell the opposition that “there is no vacancy in Aso Rock”.

He also urged voters to consider the antecedents of the presidential candidates, insisting that Tinubu remained the best choice for the country.(TheCable)