2027 Ominous Signs
The signs that rigging the 2027 election in favour of incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will spell doom for the country are here with us. Only the dead cannot see them.
Not a few Nigerians believed that President Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) couldn’t have won the 2023 presidential election if was credible, after the way his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari destroyed the country’s economy. Many Nigerians believed that the glitch of 2023 was orchestrated by the Mahmoud Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) when it became obvious that Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) was leading in the race with wide margin across the country.
The courts working in cahoots with the APC, validated Tinubu’s victory and twisted even the Constitutional provision which gave Abuja a special status to decide who wins the presidential election.
To add salt to injury, Tinubu angered many Nigerians by giving Yakubu an ambassadorial appointment. The perceived misrule of Tinubu and his draconian policies which have weakened the living standards of most citizens have not helped matter. Nigerians are eagerly waiting for the next presidential election to give Tinubu a red card and reclaim their country through a credible election.
But the arrogance of some of the government officials in this administration, who are obviously banking on rigging the election, is getting on the nerves of the citizens. These include Nyesom Wike, Godswill Akpabio, Charles Soludo, Monday Okpebholo, Dave Umahi among such others.
Opinion polls across the polity indicated that Tinubu may not be able to win his two most prominent opponents-Obi and Atiku Abubakar who was a Vice President. Yet, the body language of the current INEC Chairman, Ojo Amupitan, indicates that he has soft spot for the man who appointed him, Tinubu, and his party the APC. But citizens, both home and abroad, are shouting warnings that rigging the 2027 presidential election will cause problems in the country.
A sign of what would happen if the election is rigged in favour of Tinubu took place in London last week when Nigerians held Amupitan hostage in that lawful part of the world, threatening that he would be killed if he rigged the election.
The ominous signs are starring us in the face. Will the desperate APC politicians understand the signs? Time will tell.
