Newscenter Media News The Presidency has issued a challenge to opposition leaders attacking President Bola Tinubu to wait till 2027.
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare said opposition leaders like former presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Nasir El-Rufai and Rotimi Amaechi should wait till 2027 to test their popularity against the president.
Dare noted that the activities of the opposition leaders were premature.
In a post on X, Dare wrote: “While the President was seeking solutions to Nigeria’s energy problems in Dar es Salaam, some ‘wannabes’ were heating up the polity,” Dare added.
“This is 2025, not 2027. Let those who want to test their popularity with Nigerians wait for the next election.”
DAILY POST recalls that recently, Atiku, El-Rufai, and Amaechi had launched criticisms against Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress-led administration.
At an event in Abuja, Atiku had accused the Tinubu-led APC of bribing opposition leaders with N50 million each.
Atiku claimed that the money was aimed at disorganising the opposition leaders.
On his part, El-Rufai said he no longer recognizes the APC due to lack of internal democracy.
El-Rufai said APC organs have not met in the last two years.
“I no longer recognise the APC. No party organ has met in two years—no caucus, no NEC, nothing. You don’t even know if it is a one-man show; it’s a zero-man show,” he said.
Similarly, Amaechi called for “brutal force” to take over power from President Tinubu in 2027 because the president will not willingly give up.
Tinubu: Test popularity in 2027 – Presidency challenges Atiku, Obi, Amaechi, El-Rufai