Comrade Timi Frank, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has issued a warning to Nigerians, urging them to resist President Bola Tinubu’s alleged attempts to “grab power and run with it” in the 2027 elections.
In a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday, Frank specifically called on Northern and Southern leaders, as well as opposition parties, to oppose Tinubu’s perceived desperate bid for re-election in 2027.
He accused Tinubu of blackmailing Southern politicians, particularly opposition governors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), by exploiting ethnic divisions to gain support.
He also alleged that Tinubu is threatening these governors with state of emergency declarations on fabricated charges of violence and corruption if they refuse to support him.
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“He has increased the intensity now by blackmailing, intimidating and putting at least five PDP Governors from the South under duress to defect along with their members in the National Assembly to the APC. To Tinubu, the 2027 election is about him versus the North and that is why he is trying desperately to enlist the support of the South through manipulation and subterfuge. He has forgotten so soon that the North helped him to get to power in 2023,” Frank stated.
Frank argued that the 2027 election should focus on electing a leader capable of addressing Nigeria’s numerous challenges, such as insecurity and economic hardship, rather than regional affiliations. “Nigerians are in need of a President who will help Nigeria become better, not ‘Northern candidate or Southern candidate’ or ‘Northern President or Southern President’. The country is overcharged already with divisions along ethnic lines. We therefore can’t afford to have a President who is setting one region against another for the sake of his own personal ambition,” he said.
He urged Northern leaders to recognize that Tinubu’s re-election would result in further neglect of the region and that the president and the APC do not genuinely prioritize their interests. “I advise every Northerner still supporting Tinubu to have a rethink. They should know that the North that apparently ‘assisted’ Tinubu to gain power in 2023 is suffering the most today. It is a fact that the North has been grossly sidelined in appointments and other infrastructure development programmes by Tinubu who has prioritised his personal and tribal life-interests over everything else. This is why the North should wake up. They should know this route Tinubu is going in terms of 2027 politics, is not the best for Nigeria. They should rise and speak with one voice in 2027,” Frank said.
He claimed that opposition governors are defecting to the APC due to political pressure, intimidation, and blackmail, rather than genuine support for Tinubu.
He also accused Tinubu of attempting to manipulate election results and suppress opposition parties to secure his re-election. “Tinubu does not believe in the power of the people. Tinubu is working to steal the election results, to grab it (power) and run away with it like he did in 2023. If the North can’t see the omen of imminent regional stagnation and destruction, they will regret it if they do nothing to stop Tinubu in 2027. Tinubu does not believe in democracy and that is why he has succeeded in ensuring that PDP, Labour Party and any other opposition parties are enmeshed in intractable internal crisis in order to deny capable and qualified aspirants platforms to challenge him in 2027. His singular aim is to retain power in 2027 by hook or crook. He is doing all he can at the detriment of Nigerians, a complete negation of the oath of office he swore to on assumption of office as President,” he said.
Frank asserted that Nigeria is currently “on auto-pilot” under Tinubu’s leadership and urged Nigerians to reject his re-election bid. “As citizens, we have a duty to reject a bad, clueless and rudderless leader and do all that is legally necessary to prevent him from returning to power,” he said.
He also called on opposition leaders to prioritize the success of their coalition in defeating Tinubu in 2027. “The coalition is in the best interest of Nigeria and Nigerians. I therefore appeal to the leaders of the coalition to put Nigeria and Nigerians first as their decision would help reshape the country and its future going forward,” he concluded.
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