Salihu Lukman, a former National Vice Chairman, North West, of the All Progressives Congress, or APC, has urged Nigerians to take action and make sure that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling party lose the general election in 2027.
In a statement released on Thursday, Lukman stated that Nigerians must concentrate on creating a political party that operates well and adheres to its own set of laws if this is to be accomplished.
He emphasized that the APC, PDP, Labour Party, LP, New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, and all other currently registered political parties in the nation must be significantly different from such a viable political party.
He stated: “The expectations for free, fair, and credible elections in Nigeria may elude Nigerians once more. Or, as was the case in 2015, we could have relatively free, fair, and credible elections in 2027, which may only result in the defeat of APC and President Bola Tinubu, with the attendant danger of retaining the status quo of producing leaders who are emperors, who would only pretentiously commit to resolving Nigeria’s challenges.
“As Nigerians, we must rise to this challenge and make the defeat of APC and President Asiwaju not only possible in 2027 but, most importantly, guarantee the election of truly democratic leaders and not emperors.
“This should be about properly organising a political party that could allow for the emergence of party leaders at all levels through internal competition.
“The practice whereby prospective candidates for election impose leaders of the party, who will in turn crown them as candidates, must change.
“Once the process of forming the new party fails to guarantee internal competition and use it to produce leaders of the party, it simply means retention of the status quo.”
