Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, has advised President Bola Tinubu to learn from the defeat of Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. He recently revealed that an upset awaits BAT in 2027 if he fails to heed his important warning.
Speaking during an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today, Ndume said that if President Tinubu refuses to tackle the crippling economic hardship and an increasing wave of public discontent, Nigerians might elect another president in two years’ time.
According to him, the mass endorsements and public support within the APC might only be offering a false sense of security that could blow up in the party’s face in the next election, just like GEJ’s case.
He disclosed that Goodluck Jonathan also had 22 governors who endorsed his reelection years ago, but he lost the polls in the end.
“Tinubu could be given the Jonathan treatment because Jonathan also had 22 governors who endorsed him like we did now. And what happened? Jonathan lost woefully.
We are not learning our lesson.
I pity Mr. President. Even though he once said this is not the time for campaigns, look around—the campaigning has already started under the guise of endorsements,” he said.
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Ndume further warned against complacency, especially after recent reports that some APC leaders are pushing for automatic tickets for incumbent lawmakers.
Stressing that such moves could anger the party’s grassroots supporters and foot soldiers, he declared that no election can be won without them.
“When the rumour came that National Assembly members might get automatic tickets, the party denied it.
So, who will be the foot soldiers? You cannot rely on governors alone.
There’s still time to turn things around.
The suffering we’re talking about is just within two years. If in the next two years, the president can make Nigerians happy—really happy—then nobody will contest against him,” he said.
