2027 Presidency: Why Southeast Will Vote Tinubu Massively
Eniola Daniel, a political analyst, has opined that President Bola Tinubu will be massively voted in the 2027 general election, particularly from the people of the Southeast. This came amid the call for a coalition among the opposition parties.
Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president of Nigeria, has consistently noted that the opposition leaders across party lines are in talks to form a coalition to defeat President Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
The opposition leaders have consistently criticised the policies and governance style of President Tinubu and have therefore vowed to wrest power from him in the next general election. This has led to their call for a coalition ahead of the poll.
Recall that Tinubu, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 presidential election, defeated the opposition, including Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Reacting to the call, Daniel maintained that Tinubu still has a chance of winning the election based on his analysis. He maintained that the Southeast, where the president got very few votes in the 2023 election, may vote for him massively in the 2027 election. His statement reads:
"Tinubu is eating into the East, having members of opposition parties join the All Progressives Congress (APC). It’s unlikely that members of the APC in the East and the South will work against him. He knows what they want, and he has the magic wand to keep them.
"Tinubu’s foot soldiers in the Southwest will be brutal towards anyone who dares to vote against the APC. There will be more than Oro this time to defend his ‘mandate’. Nyesom Wike cannot be pushed out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), so he will frustrate the PDP, so an unstable PDP is Bola Tinubu’s gain.
"Tinubu is the type of person who does not care about the consequences of his actions, so he will throw anything and everything into the election. Tinubu will not care about anything, his concern is power."
Source: Legit.ng
