2027 Presidency: Tinubu Will Not Return To Office If Election Is Transparent

National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has demanded a free and fair election in next year’s election, saying that if this happens, incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has no chance of returning to office.

The PRP boss said Nigerians have the ultimate power to determine the fate of the President, calling for a transparent election in the 2027 election.

Baba-Ahmed, a former presidential aide, made the remarks during an interview on DITV/Alheri Radio in Kaduna regarding the ongoing efforts by opposition parties in the country to stop President Tinubu’s re-election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC the government agency empowers to conduct election in the country has promised a level playing field for all the political parties taking part in the election, but the opposition camp says the commission needs to do more to build more confidence among Nigerians.

President Tinubu has declared his intention to run for a second term in office, despite the verdict of abysmal performance passed on his administration by not a few Nigerians.

The opposition political parties in the country appear to trying to form a united front to ensure that Tinubu does not return to power next year.

But Baba-Ahmed said Nigerians, and not opposition parties, will determine whether Tinubu will return or not. He urged the President to focus more on Nigerians, who have the power to determine his future in the presidency, instead of wasting his time bothering himself about political parties.

He, however, said his party would not join any alliance whose only focus is the removal of Tinubu from office through an election, saying such an arrangement must clearly spell out how it intends to govern the country if it wins, for the PRP to be part of it.

“It is not opposition from other political parties that they should fear, but opposition from the Nigerian electorate, because political parties don’t vote—Nigerians do,” he said.

He added: “We know there are people who are only looking for the removal of Tinubu so that they can do whatever they want, or replicate the same policies Tinubu is currently implementing. Later, they may claim a mistake was made.

“In the PRP, we will not agree to simply support someone because they have the ambition to become president. We will not enter into such an arrangement. We must first see what they intend to do before we agree.”