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Power-Hungry politicians seeking to remove Tinubu — Bayo Onanuga

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BREAKING NEWS: Did You Miss The 400 $ex T4pe of Equatorial Guinea senior official Baltasar Ebang Engonga? Quickly W4tch! Before They Are deleted Be The First Person To See The Full Videos. Now!Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has described those calling for the removal of President Bola Tinubu from office as “power-hungry politicians” who feel politically displaced.

He spoke against the backdrop of comments of former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, that the President would not be re-elected in 2027.

The former Kaduna governor had, in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics programme on Sunday night, said: “I was governor of Kaduna State; I was one of Bola Tinubu’s biggest campaigners, but I couldn’t deliver the state to him. Bola Tinubu himself couldn’t win his state with his own governor in place. So, these things are not as theoretical as people want them to be.

“If you want to engage in self-delusion, you are free to do so. I will not tell you how we are going to win, but I tell you very clearly, the worst-case scenario in the 2027 elections is that no winner will emerge in the first round.

“We may have to go for a runoff, and Bola Tinubu will not be on the ballot for the runoff because he will, at best, be third in the election. He has no pathway to win. I have done the maths, I have done the analysis; he cannot, he will, at best, be third.

“But he can deceive himself; he may think, oh, you know, I have money, because they have taken all the money in the country, I have INEC, I have the police, I have the army. You know what, President Tinubu, invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for a chat, and ask him if he didn’t have all these in 2015, and we got him out. Is the case still the same? Similar to 2015? It’s worse.

“It’s like those who say Tinubu has never lost an election. That can be contested, but it’s okay, he’s a political strategist, he’s this, he’s that. Wait.

“I naturally have said, if you want to learn some lessons, invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for a chat over coffee, and ask him what happened in 2015. That’s all.’’

But reacting yesterday, Onanuga, in a statement via his X handle, accused el-Rufai of being at the forefront of the campaign of removing the President, despite admitting in the past that four years was not enough for any leader to deliver “meaningful changes.”

He said: “Nasir El-Rufai confesses here that four years is not enough for a political office holder to make ‘meaningful changes’. Yet he is at the forefront of the gang of political desperados plotting President Tinubu’s ouster, just two years into his tenure. What a contradiction!

“In contrast to the political laggards and underachievers who were once governors in Anambra, Rivers and Kaduna states, President Tinubu and his team have implemented meaningful changes in our country over the past two years, positioning us on the path of prosperity.’’

He argued that Tinubu’s administration had achieved significant progress within two years, citing increased foreign reserves, growth in the stock market, harmonisation of the exchange rate, and four consecutive months of inflation decline.

“Phenomenal wealth creation in the stock market has seen ASI skyrocket from 53,000 points to over 140,000 points. Over N26 trillion in additional wealth has been created in the market under Tinubu’s watch,” he said.

Onanuga also pointed to reforms in education and social welfare, including student loans through NELFUND and cash transfers to vulnerable households.

He added that states and local governments were receiving more funds from the centre, enabling them to embark on capital projects and create jobs.

“The governors said they have never had it so good,” he noted, insisting that those behind the alleged plot were acting out of desperation.

He wrote further: “Yet, these power-hungry politicians want the President, who has achieved so much, to be removed, all because they have become politically displaced and irrelevant. May they never succeed in their plot against our nation and people.’’

The presidential spokesman said El-Rufai’s past comments would be used against him during political campaigns.

“Please save the video. We shall confront Nasir with it when electioneering starts,” Onanuga noted.BREAKING NEWS: Did You Miss The 400 $ex T4pe of Equatorial Guinea senior official Baltasar Ebang Engonga? Quickly W4tch! Before They Are deleted Be The First Person To See The Full Videos. Now!

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Only 10 percent? – Wike expresses shock over voters turnout in FCT polls

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has lamented over the low turnout in some polling units in the ongoing Area Council Elections.

Wike shared his disappointment while touring some polling units and interacting with electoral officials.

At a polling unit in Karshi, the minister met a few electoral officials, but there were no voters.

After exchanging pleasantries, Wike asked: ”How is the turnout?”, to which the ad-hoc official, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said: ”We have only about 10 per cent of registered voters who came out to vote.”

The Minister further asked: ”Only 10 percent? When are you supposed to start counting?”

”By 2:30pm, sir,” the corps member responded, to which Wike said: ”Hopefully, there will be another 20 per cent.”

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Moses Paul, had earlier blamed the low turnout on the restriction of movement.

He said the turnout was far lower than expected and attributed it to what he described as confusion created by the restriction directive.

He said he had lived in AMAC for about 40 years and had never witnessed such a situation, noting that the development appeared like “a state of emergency” over what he considered unwarranted.

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Lagos APC defends Tinubu’s assent to Electoral Act 2026

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The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has faulted the backlash that followed President Bola Tinubu’s assent to the Electoral Act 2026, describing the criticism as politically motivated and disconnected from the country’s national interest.

In a statement issued on Thursday by the party’s spokesperson, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, the Lagos APC said it observed with “undisguised disappointment” what it characterised as an orchestrated outcry by sections of the opposition over the President’s approval of the amended law.

The party maintained that governance is a constitutional duty that must be exercised with prudence and responsibility, not shaped by popularity contests, social media pressure or political theatrics.

Opposition groups had expressed reservations about provisions of the amended Act, particularly those relating to the transmission of election results, arguing that the law does not guarantee real-time electronic transmission.

However, the Lagos APC rejected what it called a “romanticised and misleading narrative” surrounding real-time transmission models.

According to the party, experiences from other democracies that adopted similar systems revealed significant challenges, including technological failures, cybersecurity risks, legal uncertainties and judicial reversals.

It warned against prioritising political convenience over the long-term integrity of electoral institutions.

The APC also questioned the assumption that opposition parties possess superior insight into electoral reform, stressing that reform is not the “intellectual property” of any political bloc.

“The idea that electoral reform wisdom resides exclusively with the opposition is flawed,” the statement said, adding that President Tinubu’s assent followed due constitutional process, extensive legislative debate and institutional consultations.

The party described the President’s action as an exercise of prudence rather than panic, insisting that reforms must be “thoughtful, sustainable and legally defensible, not reactionary or driven by social media pressure.”

While acknowledging the importance of opposition in a democratic system, the Lagos APC cautioned against what it described as the weaponisation of public sentiment and melodramatic distortions of policy decisions.

“Democracy thrives on credibility and institutional durability, not noise,” the party said. “Electoral integrity cannot be built on fragile systems designed more for headlines than long-term stability.”

The APC added that Nigeria deserves reforms that strengthen democratic institutions without exposing them to avoidable constitutional, legal and logistical risks, especially given existing infrastructural challenges across the country.

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