Okorocha Predicts Tinubu Will Secure 25-30% of South-East Votes in 2027
Former Imo State governor and Imo West senatorial candidate, Rochas Okorocha, has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will secure between 25 and 30 per cent of the votes in the South-East in the 2027 presidential election.
Okorocha made the statement on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, after he was decorated as the National Grand Patron of Grassroots Advocacy for Tinubu 2027 in Abuja.
He noted that the South-East gave Tinubu only about five per cent of its votes in the 2023 presidential election but expressed confidence that the figure would improve significantly with his involvement and that of other political leaders.
“In the last election, we did not perform well in the South-East. The leadership of our state gave Tinubu only five per cent of the votes. That will no longer be the case with some of us coming on board,” Okorocha said.
“Tinubu will be assured of crossing the 25 to 30 per cent mark in the region, bearing in mind that one of our illustrious sons, a great man, is also in the contest.”
He described the region’s support for Tinubu as a “strategic alliance” aimed at securing political backing for an Igbo presidential candidate in the future.
Okorocha added that the decision did not amount to a rejection of any South-East candidate in the 2027 race but was based on long-term political considerations.
He also urged northerners to reciprocate Tinubu’s past support for the late President Muhammadu Buhari by backing his re-election bid.
By Oyinkansola Shittu.
