. From Adamawa Chairman to North East leader, his resilience is making him the Eagle and the Cheetah, always flies and runs for APC victory
By Tom Garba
In the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), where leadership is measured by results, one young, vibrant leader has stood out as a thunderbolt of promise, energy and victory, Barr. Idris Shuaibu, the North East National Vice Chairman of the APC.
From his days as the Adamawa State Party Chairman to his current national assignment covering six states, Barr. Idris has demonstrated uncommon resilience, hard work, and passion for the growth, stability and cohesion of the party. He is not a leader who talks victory; he works victory.
Since his inception as Adamawa State Chairman, Barr. Idris has been active, focused and relentlessly hardworking. He transformed the APC from an opposition party into a dominant, ruling party in the state. It is to his credit and strategic hard work that today, the Governor, Rt Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri with all his Commissioners and Local Government Chairmen who were in PDP are now in APC. That political realignment did not happen by chance. It happened because Idris consulted wide and close, removed pitfalls, built bridges and provided a seamless political pathway that made the historic defection possible.
He is a builder, not a breaker. A unifier, not a divider.
Barr. Idris Shuaibu is a confidant, a reliable partner and a trusted ally whose message is clear and consistent: For APC, Option A and Option B is WINNING.His supreme agenda is one, to ensure that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is returned and APC delivers all candidates in the coming 2027 general elections. He has been saying it everywhere without ambiguity: Tinubu is the party’s agenda, and winning is non-negotiable. He set in another agenda into his political moves to ensure Ahmed Aminu Galadima,the APC Gubernatorial candidate of Adamawa state equally wins alongside all the candidates vying for state, and National seats. As National Vice Chairman, he holds a strong belief and works tirelessly for APC’s overall victory across the six states of the North East Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Bauchi and Gombe.
Idris does not know laziness. He sits not longer, he tarries not, and he does not give laziness a chance when it comes to APC victory. Those who work close to him describe him as a man who flies like the eagle – with high vision to see victory from afar and go after it. He runs like the cheetah – with speed, focus and determination to get the goal against all odds. He does not give the opposition a chance to breathe.
He never gets tired. He never sleeps for leisure. He thinks APC, he dreams APC, he works out his ways for APC day and night.
He rallies round veteran politicians in the North East, consults without borders, moves from state to state, LGA to LGA, finding ways, building structures, displacing opposition through superior strategy, especially in Adamawa, his home state.
At a time when the APC needs youthful energy combined with maturity, Barr. Idris Shuaibu presents both. He is young, but experienced. Vibrant, but wise. Loyal, but strategic.
He is the kind of leader every ruling party prays for – a man whose personal success is tied to the party’s success, whose joy is in seeing APC win all seats, from Presidency to Governorship to National and State Assemblies.
In Barr. Idris Shuaibu, the APC in the North East has found its engine room, its field commander, and its winning formula.
. Tom Garba ANIPR, SPSP, a Policy, Political and Crisis Analyst, writes from Jimeta, Adamawa State
