The Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation (MDPCO) has urged President Bola Tinubu to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race, warning that growing public anger against his administration could plunge the country into crisis.
The campaign organisation also called on the President to guarantee a free, fair, and credible election in 2027, stating that recent incidents of public rejection across the country should serve as a stark warning to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement issued on Sunday, MDPCO’s Director of Strategic Communications, Richard Ihediwa, said Tinubu should demonstrate statesmanship by acknowledging Nigerians’ urgent demand for a change in leadership.
The campaign cited the recent booing of the President and his entourage at the Shehu Shagari Central Mosque in Abuja as the latest indication of widespread dissatisfaction with his administration.
It also recalled similar incidents, including reports of the President being greeted with chants of “ole” in Lagos upon his return from France, alongside public demonstrations of displeasure in Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, and Osun states.
According to the organisation, these incidents reflect accumulated frustration over worsening economic conditions and what it termed failed leadership.
“These organic expressions of public displeasure at President Tinubu’s administration ought to give Mr. President and the All Progressives Congress serious cause for deeper reflection, because it is an instinctive expression of accumulated hopelessness and frustration,” the statement read.
The MDPCO warned Tinubu against mistaking the support of political elites, the powers of incumbency, or financial inducements for genuine popular acceptance.
The organisation argued that the administration has alienated millions of Nigerians through severe economic hardship, rising unemployment, and an unbearable cost of living. It claimed that about 140 million Nigerians—representing 63 percent of the population—have been pushed into poverty, while over 60 million citizens go to bed hungry daily and more than 30 million youths remain unemployed.
The campaign further faulted the rising cost of petrol, which it noted ranges between N1,400 and N2,000 per litre in various parts of the country, despite Nigeria’s status as a major oil producer.
Questioning the administration’s borrowing record, the organisation asked how Tinubu expects Nigerians to support his re-election after allegedly pushing the country’s foreign and domestic debt burden to N166.7 trillion without any meaningful improvement in citizens’ living conditions.
The statement warned that if Tinubu insists on contesting the election, he must be prepared for widespread rejection at the polls.
“The die is cast! Nigerians are determined for a change and they are not ready to accept any electoral manipulation that will perpetuate the current economic hardship and social uncertainties under the APC anti-people regime for another four years,” the statement said.
Concluding its address, the MDPCO urged Nigerians to embrace the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, describing him as the viable alternative capable of resetting the country.
It maintained that Makinde’s “RESET NIGERIA Agenda” offers a clear pathway toward purposeful governance, transparency, accountability, and equal opportunities for all citizens, regardless of their background or connections, and advised Tinubu to accept the need for a new political direction rather than seek another four-year mandate.
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