The Plateau State capital was under tight watch on Saturday as President Bola Tinubu touched down for the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign rally.

From the early hours of the morning, major roads and junctions in Jos were taken over by security men.

Places like Hill Station Junction, Zaria Road, Polo Roundabout and sections of Yakubu Gowon Way were full of uniformed operatives.

According to report, officers were stopping vehicles, checking passengers and keeping a close eye on movement around the Zaria Road Stadium, where the rally is holding.

Among Tinubu’s entourage are his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, APC National Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, several governors and other top leaders of the party.

While in Jos, the President will also commission three projects put up by the Plateau State Government.

They are the Business Process Outsourcing Centre in Jos, the Plateau Special Activity Centre, and 50 hybrid Jet Mover buses meant for movement between local governments in the state.

The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, who is also the Secretary to the Government of Plateau State, Arc. Samuel Jatau, said everything was set for the event.

He said the committee has worked on the venue, transport, traffic, security, crowd control, emergency response and other logistics needed for a smooth rally.

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Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has urged leaders of political parties to take charge of their supporters and ensure they do not resort to violence as the 2027 general elections draw closer.

Gumi made the call while speaking on the rising tension in the polity, warning that politics must not be turned into a battleground.

According to him, party leaders have a duty to talk to their followers, calm them down and stop them from attacking opponents or causing trouble in their communities.

He said no ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian, adding that leaders who look away while their supporters cause violence should be held responsible for the breakdown of peace.

The cleric also advised politicians to compete with ideas and programmes, rather than with threats, insults and physical attacks.

He noted that violence during elections has in the past left families in pain, destroyed property and weakened trust in the democratic process.

Gumi, therefore, called on party leaders, candidates and their supporters to shun violence in all its forms and embrace peace before, during and after the 2027 polls.

He urged security agencies and other stakeholders to also play their part in ensuring a peaceful atmosphere for the elections.

“Control your supporters now or violence will consume us all. Violence does not translate into votes; it only alienates voters and undermines democracy,” Gumi said.

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The vice presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, says the party’s flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, is on his way to victory in the 2027 presidential poll.

Amaechi made the boast while addressing supporters at the ADC presidential campaign rally in Bauchi on Saturday, where he argued that President Bola Tinubu has lost his grip on the North.

He claimed that Atiku is already in firm control of all 13 states in the North East and North West.

“Atiku has the 13 states in the North East and North West. Tinubu has only 5 in the South West, and the 6th goes to Allied Peoples Movement, APM,” he stated.

Amaechi said the ADC is not scared of the contest in the South-South and North Central, stressing that the party will take Tinubu head-on in both regions.

“We will fight him in the South South and North Central. In the North Central, Atiku will easily take Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa,” he said.

He also wrote off Tinubu in the South East, saying the President has no chance in the zone.

“The South East is a no-go for Tinubu. Be rest assured the ADC will win,” Amaechi declared.

The crowd erupted in jubilation after his speech, with supporters singing and waving ADC flags.

The Bauchi rally forms part of the ADC’s nationwide tour to mobilise voters ahead of the 2027 general elections.

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