There was a massive turnout in Patigi on Sunday as residents trooped out en masse to welcome Dr. Mahmud Umar Muhammad, the All Progressives Congress, APC, 2027 senatorial candidate for Kwara North Senatorial District.
Dr. Muhammad, who arrived in his hometown alongside Patigi Local Government APC stakeholders, was received by a mammoth crowd that lined major streets of the town following his clearance as the party’s flagbearer for the zone.
Immediately after his arrival, the senatorial candidate proceeded to his political ward, Patigi Ward 2, where he paid homage to the traditional head, Makun Daniyan, to seek royal blessings.
The traditional head commended the Executive Governor of Kwara State for securing both the APC governorship ticket for Kwara North and the APC senatorial ticket for an indigene of Patigi. He urged residents of Patigi Local Government to rally behind all APC candidates in the forthcoming general election.
Speaking to the crowd, Dr. Muhammad expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, CON, the APC executive from the national to ward level, and stakeholders of the party in Kwara North and Patigi for their support of his candidacy.
He also thanked the national and state leadership of the APC for supporting the agitation for power shift to Kwara North by affirming the candidacy of Rt. Hon. Yakubu Salihu Danladi as the 2027 Kwara APC gubernatorial candidate and other party candidates.
The senatorial hopeful prayed to God to bless everyone for their solidarity.
Dignitaries at the event included the Executive Chairman of Patigi Local Government, Hon. Ahmed Adam Rufai; Member representing Patigi Constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Mohammed Kareem Musa; Patigi APC Party Chairman, Mohammed Idris Pata; Chigari Etsu Patigi, Hon. Alhaji Uthman Sha’aba Emagi; former SSA on Youth Engagement, Hon. Peter Tsado; 2027 APC candidate for Patigi Constituency in the State Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Dangana Aliyu; all APC ward chairmen in Patigi; all 10 councilors and supervisory councilors; and other home-based stakeholders and party leaders.
The visit marks Dr. Muhammad’s first major homecoming since receiving the APC ticket and is seen as the beginning of grassroots mobilization ahead of the 2027 general elections.