The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 presidential election before 4 p.m. if the exercise is free, fair and credible.
Baba-Ahmed who spoke on Wednesday during Channels TV’s Politics Today, said “If it is a credible, free and fair election, I assure you Tinubu will lose. I won’t say before 12 noon, maybe before 4 p.m. in the evening”.
The PRP Chairman said he hoped the election would be free, fair and credible, warning that failure to ensure this could pose a serious threat to Nigeria’s democracy.
“If it is not (credible), I foresee a very serious threat to Nigeria’s democracy. There are people out there, millions who are very, very angry,” the party leader said.
He added “They desperately want an opportunity to express their anger through the ballot, and it is very important that we allow them to exercise that right. Play around that, and you are playing around with the future of this country.”
While the PRP chairman believes the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be dislodged from power in 2027, he acknowledged that achieving this would not be easy.
Asked what makes defeating Tinubu difficult, Baba-Ahmed said the APC had become a powerful political force that, in his view, was consuming both itself and its opponents.
He argued that Tinubu wields enormous powers, including significant influence over the National Assembly, and has secured the backing of about 31 governors and roughly 75 per cent of lawmakers through his party.
