Nigeria: 2027 - Release Our Leader or Forget Our Votes - Miyetti Allah Tells Tinubu

What the report says

Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural group, has said it may withhold support for Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2027 general election unless its national president, Bello Bodejo, is released by the State Security Service. According to Premium Times, the group set out its position at a press conference held at Bodejo’s residence in Uke, in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, with Fulani leaders from across the country present.

At the briefing, the Nasarawa State chairman of the group, Akhajo Abubakar, said the organization would direct its votes toward political leaders it believes genuinely support the Fulani community’s interests and development. He linked the warning to what the group sees as the detention of one of its leaders, saying the APC should not expect automatic backing if the matter is not resolved.

Premium Times reported that Abubakar claimed the Fulani community has more than one million voters in Nasarawa State, though no evidence was provided in the article for that figure. The remarks point to the political influence the group believes it can bring to bear ahead of 2027, as well as continuing tensions over the treatment of Fulani leaders and the group’s relationship with federal authorities.