It has become necessary to draw the attention of opposition political leaders in the country that the current care-free or unserious disposition could produce the disastrous outcome whereby Nigerians may be unable to change the government of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Opposition political leaders are being used loosely to refer mainly to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Peter Obi, Sen.
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and leaders of PDP, LP, NNPP and all the stranded APC leaders who are being deliberately and absurdly rendered idle by President Tinubu. As it is, although it is a shared concern among these leaders that the situation in the country has deteriorated and is still further deteriorating, there is hardly any definitive engagement with the clear objective of mobilising Nigerians to effect a change in 2027. Acknowledging that there are isolated ongoing discussions about what needs to be done in 2027, it is very worrisome that those discussions are yet to graduate to structured political engagements on the platforms of any of the existing opposition political parties.
Unfortunately, if anything, it is almost a case that all the existing registered political parties are decidedly in support of President Tinubu and to that extent therefore working covertly for his second term victory in 2027. So far, arguably, none of the parties, which ordinarily should be leading the opposition to President Tinubu’s government, are making any effort to recruit and unite opposition political leade.