BREAKING: “I can Problem Tinubu in 2027” – Ex-Minister hints at Presidential Ambition
Former Minister of Sports and Youth Improvement, Solomon Dalung, has expressed confidence that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has the depth and political energy to defeat President Bola Tinubu within the 2027 presidential election.
Dalung made the assertion on Sunday Politics, a present affairs programme aired on Channels Tv, the place he argued that unseating the incumbent president would require a united entrance slightly than the ambition of any single particular person.
Based on the previous minister, the ADC is dwelling to seasoned political figures with the capability to mount a critical problem towards the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“I imagine we’ve got many individuals who can problem President Tinubu,” Dalung stated. “I may even determine to contest myself, and I’ll problem him.”
Dalung, who served underneath the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, stated his optimism was pushed by the calibre of politicians at the moment aligned with the ADC. The celebration, which was adopted final 12 months because the platform for an opposition coalition, boasts a number of high-profile members throughout Nigeria’s political panorama.
Amongst these linked with the ADC are former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Labour Get together presidential candidate Peter Obi; former Rivers State governor and ex-minister Rotimi Amaechi; former Osun State governor Rauf Aregbesola; former APC nationwide chairman John Odigie-Oyegun; and former Senate President David Mark, amongst others.
Regardless of considerations from critics that the celebration may fracture after its presidential main as a result of variety of heavyweight aspirants, Dalung dismissed solutions of an impending implosion.
He stated leaders and members of the ADC have already agreed on a typical goal and a transparent course of for choosing their flagbearer.
“We’re going to conduct a clear main,” he said. “Whoever emerges from that course of might be totally supported by all of us to problem Tinubu.”
Dalung harassed that the opposition’s focus is firmly on collective motion slightly than particular person ambition.
“Difficult Tinubu just isn’t about one individual,” he added. “It’s not in regards to the candidate alone; it’s in regards to the celebration. That decision has been taken and unanimously authorized.”
The APC, which at the moment controls nearly all of states by its governors and dominates the Nationwide Meeting, has repeatedly downplayed the threat posed by the ADC forward of the 2027 common election. Nonetheless, Dalung insisted that unity throughout the opposition can be decisive within the coming contest.