Prominent leaders and influencers in the North have asked President Bola Tinubu to kill his dream of getting a second term in Nigeria.
Investors King reports that Tinubu’s current tenure would expire in 2027 when the nation would go into general elections.
The key Northerners who are members of the Arewa Consultative Forum made this known while rejecting a call by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, for the North to wait until 2031 before contesting the presidency.
For the northern leaders, the region cannot be coerced into re-electing President Tinubu in 2027.
Investors King recalls that Ganduje while receiving a delegation from the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Centre and the Tinubu Northern Youth Forum at the APC national secretariat in Abuja recently, argued that since a northern president, Muhammadu Buhari, had completed two terms, fairness warranted that Tinubu should also serve for eight years.
But, the ACF and other political figures from the North rejected Ganduje’s argument, berating him for participating in what they described as “cult-like” arrangement.
The National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Tukur Muhammad-Baba, said no party member can be influenced by force to vote anyone, adding, “It is up to the voters to endorse, reject, or modify it.”
He said, “In 2015, we were sold a dummy of anti-corruption. We were sold a dummy of many things, and people have realized that it wasn’t true. Then, of course, the Renewed Hope came in 2023, and the hope is turning into a nightmare.”
Also reacting, former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, doubted Tinubu’s chances of securing second term in office.
El-Rufai’s post titled “2027: South West, Tinubu’s supporters playing with fire – Part 1,” suggested that Tinubu’s relationship with the North had significantly deteriorated less than two years into his tenure, warning that he could suffer a fate similar to former President Goodluck Jonathan, who lost re-election in 2015.
