Former Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has accused President Bola Tinubu of failing to provide effective leadership, saying his administration has not delivered on key promises made before the 2023 general election.
Tambuwal spoke on Wednesday at the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential campaign flag-off in Sokoto, where he urged Nigerians to vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.
He criticised the Tinubu administration over electricity supply, insecurity, roads and other infrastructure, arguing that it had made little progress in these areas.
“Bola Tinubu and his team have failed woefully in providing leadership for Nigeria,” Tambuwal said.
He recalled Tinubu’s campaign promise to improve electricity supply in 2023 and questioned what his administration had achieved on power, security and infrastructure.
“Has he been able to do that? Has he done anything about insecurity in Nigeria? What about roads and infrastructure? Nothing,” he said.
Tambuwal urged Nigerians to support ADC presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and other party candidates in the 2027 elections. He also called on supporters to remain at polling units until votes had been counted and results announced.
“Therefore, they have no business whatsoever remaining in power. Come January 2027, by the grace of God, we shall come out and vote for Atiku Abubakar and all candidates of the ADC and remain at the polling units until the votes are counted and the results declared,” he said.
He warned against electoral malpractice, saying the party would protect its votes and work towards victory at the polls.
Tambuwal also criticised Tinubu’s supporters in the North, arguing that they relied on the President’s past political alliances instead of presenting his record in office.
He cited Tinubu’s political relationships with Atiku in 2007, Nuhu Ribadu in 2011, and former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and 2019. Tambuwal said the focus should instead be on Tinubu’s performance since taking office.
“They are not campaigning on his scorecard. He is a sitting president. What has he done? What has he achieved in the last three and a half years? Nigeria has been retrogressing. There is a lot of hunger, a lot of poverty and a lot of killings all over Nigeria,” he said.
The former governor said political loyalty should not take precedence over the country’s need for effective leadership.
He also urged ADC supporters to monitor the movement of election results from polling units to ward, local government and state collation centres.
“You must accompany each and every polling unit result to the ward level, then to the local government headquarters and subsequently to the state headquarters, where they will be matched,” he said.
