2027: Tinubu’s govt not ready for free, fair elections – Galadima

Veteran politician and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) chieftain, Buba Galadima, has raised alarm over what he described as the federal government’s unwillingness to ensure credible elections in 2027.

Speaking during an interview on Prime Time, a flagship programme on Arise Television, Galadima accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of deploying tactics aimed at weakening opposition parties.

According to him, these moves suggest a deliberate strategy to eliminate competition ahead of the next general elections.

Despite his concerns, the NNPP stalwart assured Nigerians that the ruling party will still face stiff opposition at the polls. He warned that if the government fails to adjust its current style of governance, it risks losing the confidence of the people and ultimately the elections.

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“This government is not ready to organise a free and fair election. From their antics and how they are destabilising parties, that suggests they don’t want an opposition at all for the election,” he said.

“I want to assure them that there will be opposition, and if they don’t change their style of governance, they will lose this election.”

Galadima described Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano, as the “generalissimo” of Nigerian politics, who, given a free and fair election, will always win Kano.

“Kwankwaso is the generalissimo of Nigeria’s politics because he is the only one, come rain, come shine, who, if there is a free and fair election, will deliver the most populous state in Nigeria,” he said.

On the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Galadima described it as a conglomeration of politicians, expressing regret that selfish interests have prevented a united front to unseat the current government, despite knowing which combinations could win the election.

“ADC is a conglomeration of politicians. I could have wished all of us to come together to unseat the present government, but because of selfishness,” he added.

“All of them know who and who can be combined to win the election, but are we ready to do that?”

Galadima also commented on the reported meeting between former President Goodluck Jonathan and Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, noting that they should agree on a candidate to contest against Tinubu.

“If they (Jonathan and Obi) can come together and bring one person, you can see the whole country will fall in line because it is a political strategy to get us out of this hardship,” he said.

(TheCable)