2027: Why North Should Not Support Another Southern Candidate Against Tinubu, Okupe Explains

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  • Doyin Okupe has explained the reason the North should not pick a Southern candidate against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027
  • The former Presidential Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan said fielding another Southern candidate against Tinubu is not in the interest of the northern region
  • Okupe said should the new candidate win in 2027, it would extend the lifespan of the rotation to the south by another four years

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FCT, Abuja - Doyin Okupe, former Presidential Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, said the North would be shooting itself in the foot should the region pick a southern candidate against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.

Okupe said should the new southern candidate defeat Tinubu in 2027, it would extend the lifespan of the rotation to the south by another four years.

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Okupe said power cannot return to the North in 2027 Photo credit: Doyin Okupe/Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TinubuSource: Facebook

He stated this during an interview on Arise Television on Monday, November 25.

“If the North decides to field another Southern candidate against Bola Tinubu, the North would have shot itself in the leg. Don’t forget, it is a third-world country.
“Let’s assume that they bring in a new person and he wins. There is no agreement he makes with you that he will not spend another eight years. So you just extended the life span of the rotation to the South by another four years.”

Speaking further, Okupe said that the presidency will not return to the North in 2027.

“For 2027, we politicians, and I say that authoritatively without any fear of contradiction or equivocation… in 2027, power cannot return to the North yet. That’s not how we do it.”
“We rotate between the North and the South. The North does eight years, at the end of which the South does eight years.”
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He added that:

“I’m not saying that Bola Tinubu must be president in 2027, but it’s not going to be a northerner.”

Opposition parties considering coalition against Tinubu

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that opposition political parties and groups in Nigeria are ready to give President Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a tough contest in 2027.

They are making moves to ally to challenge and stop the ruling APC and Tinubu from getting a second term in office.

APGA founder, Chief Chekwas Okorie, disclosed that the realignment of political forces would be concretised by the second quarter of 2025.

Source: Legit.ng