Mr. Akin Osuntokun, a former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council has said it will be a sad commentary on Nigeria if President Bola Tinubu is re-elected in 2027
Osuntokun, a former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) spoke on the backdrop of a mega coalition of some opposition politicians challenging Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next presidential election.
He said, “If Tinubu wins the 2027 presidential election, it will be a sad commentary on Nigeria. It will be a conspicuous indication of the dysfunction of democracy.
“It’ll be comparable to the last American election in which a conspicuously flawed Trump was shockingly reelected as the president. If he is reelected, it will have nothing to do with his appalling record of office.
“It’ll be as a result of such extraneous factors as the capacity to rig, to practically purchase the electoral agency in a repeat performance of the Tinubu model; tribalism and the self-destructive tendencies of the opposition such as potentially fielding a Northerner as the presidential candidate.
“This will amount to repetitively doing the wrong thing and expecting a different outcome. It will amount to the height of insensitivity and arrogance. It will cast a pall on the capacity of Nigeria to attain national integration anytime soon,” Osuntokun said.
He however, urged the opposition political leaders in the mega coalition to present a southern candidate as their flag bearer in 2027.
He advised the coalition leaders, especially those from the north, to shelve their personal ambitions and work for the emergence of a southern candidate to ensure the success of the coalition.
“If the party’s ticket goes to a politician from the north, like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, he’s going to be running against the principle or the convention that had been adopted since 1999.”
