Oluremi Tinubu on Wednesday announced that APC women leaders in states where the party is not in power will receive vehicles before the end of the week, in a move aimed at tightening grassroots support as the party builds toward the 2027 general elections. She said the vehicles would belong to the women leaders personally, not to the party, and urged APC governors to provide similar support to their women officials.
The announcement came at the inauguration of the Tinubu Torchbearers at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, where Tinubu praised the APC's recently concluded primaries as peaceful and said the party had shown that democracy can be conducted without bitterness. The timing matters because the new support group is being positioned to mobilise backing for President Bola Tinubu's policies, programmes and Renewed Hope Agenda, and the women named for the vehicles are in states where APC does not currently control the governorship.
Oluremi Tinubu singled out APC National Women Leader Dr Mary Alile Idele and members of the Tinubu Torchbearers for what she called their commitment ahead of the 2027 polls. Women leaders from Abia, Anambra, Bauchi, Osun and Oyo were listed as the beneficiaries, making the pledge one of the clearest signs yet that the party is trying to strengthen its ground game in areas where it must work from opposition.
She also tried to frame the gesture as a statement about how the party wants its women treated. “The vehicles are your personal vehicles. You are not giving them to the party. Register them in your names and use them for the service of the party and your communities,” she said, adding that APC governors should buy vehicles for their women leaders and provide other forms of support. Her praise for politics without bitterness sat alongside a very practical campaign message: the push is about loyalty, structure and reach, not just ceremony.
The delivery deadline leaves little room for delay. By the end of the week, the women leaders in those five states are expected to have the vehicles in hand, and the next test will be whether the promise turns into visible organization on the ground as the party’s 2027 contest starts to take shape.
