A former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is at risk of losing re-election in the 2027 poll.
In an interactive session with reporters in Abuja, he dropped the hint of an impending rebellion among the ranks of the party in no distant time from now.
Lukman, who resigned his position as the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Vice-Chairman North-West, argued that the APC-led administration is not living up to the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.
And I think we must be honest and this is the point I say to our leaders, without any inhibition. At the moment, our democracy is not responsive enough. And as a party of vision to be progressive, it is certainly not yet progressive, he claimed.
And Im worried that our leaders have become very comfortable to imagine that they can do anything and get away with it. We must appeal to our leaders that things are almost getting out of hand at the rate at which we are going, under a Party that is envisioned to be progressive.
We are likely going to start witnessing rebellion and if care is not taken by 2027 we will be kicked out of office, which means taking Nigeria back to where it was in 2015. I think we owe our leader the responsibility or President Tinubu the responsibility to tell him the honest truth, he stated.
The Kaduna-born politician explained that his book, titled: APC and Transition Politics, scheduled to be launched on Tuesday next week at the YarAdua Centre Abuja, was aimed at repositioning the party ahead of the 2027 polls. He said, as a strong supporter of President Tinubu, he cannot sit by to watch things go out of hand as a founding member of the APC.
According to him, Life is difficult. People who ordinarily should not be struggling for food are today struggling for food.
And this should not be happening under the leadership of a party, which is envisioned to be progressive. And I keep saying I dont have any question, I believe Asiwaju is the committed democrat and he is a progressive politician. And I believe he will have no difficulty relating with the issues Im raising.
The Vice-President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, his predecessor, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his predecessors, Chief Bisi Akande, Adams Oshiomhole, Abdullahi Adamu, Mai Mala Bunu and members of the PGF are among the invitees to the event.
