Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South Senatorial District, has declared that President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 presidential election, insisting that the president never truly won the 2023 poll.
Abaribe said the worsening hardship Nigerians are facing has strengthened public resolve to ensure Tinubu does not return to office after his current term.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, the senator dismissed claims that Tinubu has never lost an election.
“I do not think so. Everybody loses elections, and you will see when the time comes. He will lose in 2027 because I know what Nigerians are feeling outside,” Abaribe said.
He further claimed that the outcome of the 2023 presidential election did not reflect the will of the people.
“Tinubu never won the 2023 election, and everybody knows it. But we said fine, he has been declared the winner, no problem. We acknowledge him as president, but we are going to meet him in the field, and I will see how he is going to cobble together what will make him win again,” he stated.
According to Abaribe, the political atmosphere ahead of 2027 will be different, as Nigerians are now more alert and prepared.
“It won’t work because this time everybody will be ready. It will no longer be an announcement at 3 a.m. before people wake up in the morning. This time, people are ready, we are ready, and the masses are even more ready,” he added.
The senator also accused Tinubu’s administration of presiding over a collapsed economy and failing to address Nigeria’s insecurity challenges, questioning where the president would secure enough votes to win re-election in 2027.
