Tinubu Will Lose 2027 Election, He Never Won In 2023, Says Abaribe

• Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 presidential election, citing widespread hardship, economic decline, and growing public dissatisfaction.

The lawmaker representing Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said it would be impossible for President Bola Tinubu to secure re-election in the 2027 presidential election.

Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Abaribe argued that the level of hardship Nigerians are currently facing has strengthened public resolve to ensure that Tinubu does not return for a second term.

Reacting to claims that the President has never lost an election, the senator dismissed the notion, insisting that Tinubu would be defeated in 2027.

“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 Tinubu did not genuinely win the 2023 presidential election but was declared the winner. According to him, the situation in 2027 would be different.

“Tinubu never won the 2023 election, and everybody knows it. But we said fine, he has been declared the winner. 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.

“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. This time, people are ready, we are ready, and the masses are even more ready,” he said.

Abaribe also accused the Tinubu administration of presiding over a collapsed economy and failing to address Nigeria’s security challenges, questioning where the votes for a re-election victory would come from.

‘I’ll never defect to APC’

On the defection of some opposition figures to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the senator vowed never to join the ruling party, saying he would be the last person to do so.

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“If there is anybody who is going to defect to the APC, I think I should be the very, very last one. By the time I defect, it would mean there are no parties left in Nigeria, including the APC,” he said.

Abaribe argued that the wave of defections would not strengthen the APC but would instead worsen internal divisions and leadership struggles within the party. He described the ruling party as a “giant with feet of clay,” adding that the opposition would exploit its weaknesses during the election.

‘ADC not working for Atiku’

Reaffirming his commitment to the opposition coalition, Abaribe said opposition leaders had agreed to unite to remove the APC from power in 2027.

While the coalition has adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its platform, the senator dismissed claims that the move was designed to favour former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. He said the party has yet to release its guidelines and other frameworks for the 2027 elections.