2027: Ex-APC Chieftain Predicts Tinubu’s Defeat
Luke Bongon
Salihu Lukman, a former vice-chair of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north-west, has boldly predicted that President Bola Tinubu will be defeated in the 2027 elections.
Lukman made this statement on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” program, just days after the APC accused him of “opportunistic politicking”.
Although Tinubu has not yet indicated his intention to seek reelection, Lukman is confident that Nigerians will “correct the current mess” and remove him from office.
“I guarantee you… the same way we were able to get the military out of power, we are going to correct the current mess,” Lukman said.
“We are going to get to a situation where we have a functional political party, and APC and President Asiwaju will be defeated in 2027, and we will produce leaders that will be servants to citizens, not leaders that are emperors.”
Lukman criticized the APC’s failure to curb insecurity, which he claimed has worsened since 2015.
“The issue of insecurity at that time was Boko Haram. It didn’t degenerate to banditry like we are having it today, of course there were cattle rustling in north-west and north-central, but it didn’t graduate to banditry like this,” he said.
“From 2015 till now, insecurity has taken over north-west, north-central and is heading south.
“My honest assessment is that things have gotten worse. I wish security agencies could release statistics of how many people have been killed or kidnapped.
“In the area of security we have gotten worse.”
Despite the challenges facing opposition parties, Lukman emphasized the need for them “to come together and respond to the challenge.”
