Momodu also claimed about 90 per cent of Nigerians do not trust President Tinubu to conduct a free and fair election.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Veteran journalist and politician, Dele Momodu, has advised Nigeria’s incumbent president, Bola Tinubu, not to try and hold on to power if he loses the 2027 presidential election, warning he would be chased out of the Presidential Villa if he refused to step down.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain made this known on Wednesday during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time.
Momodu went on to claim that 90 per cent of Nigerians do not trust the President to conduct a free and fair election, including the President’s own supporters.
He further stated that there is a belief that if the President does not win in 2027, he will not want to relinquish power.
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Speaking while appearing as a guest on the TV station, Momodu said, “If you ask an average Nigerian today about Tinubu, ‘Do you trust Tinubu to conduct a free and fair election?’ I can tell you, 90 per cent of them will say no.
“Look, nobody trusts Tinubu to run a free and fair election, including his own supporters. They will tell you, ‘Oh, we are going to win. There is no way we won’t win.’ Ask them why, and they will say, ‘Oh, you know our oga now.’
“In fact, some people are even suggesting that if Tinubu loses the election, he will not agree to step down. I say, why won’t he agree? We will chase him away.
“Look, you do not know the determination of Nigerians. And now, I’m not resting my confidence on just my party. I’m talking about the ordinary man on the street who cannot imagine Tinubu coming back again. They just can’t.
“I can’t tell you our strategy in public. What we know is that, once upon a time, Tinubu fought for himself to secure a second term as governor of Lagos State.
“So, others are also working very hard behind the scenes. We are not going to come out in public and say this, but we know what to do to make sure that he does not get that second term. We also know that some of the people pretending to support him today—and I’m not trying to trivialise this thing—
“I know some of them. They are praying fervently that they will not have to go through this situation where governors become like houseboys. Governors are scared. Judges are scared. Legislators are scared.
“So, Tinubu has become a god whom nobody is ready to confront and say, ‘Oga, you’ve done your best. Please, go home.’”
