January 12, 2026
NOTE: The second picture below shows a major Nigerian 2027 presidential aspirant Atiku Abubakar and his frontline supporter, Dele Momodu. The third picture has Peter Obi and his frontline supporter, former governor, Ayo Fayose.
If I said it once, I said it a gazillion times that coalition of opposition political parties never works to unseat incumbent presidents in Nigeria. Why? Because members of the coalition are too selfish. They are never interested in the common goals for the success of the coalition. Each selfish member wants to be the presidential flag bearer by all means. None is sincere to ceed the ticket to the most popular who stands the chance to beat the incumbent ruler.
Now, prominent Nigerian politicians have gone into a coalition, which eventually metamorphosed into African Democratic Congress (ADC) political party. This has effectively replaced the FALLEN PDP as the major opposition party against President Tinubu and his APC party. ADC has given Nigeria’s majority population who hate Tinubu’s government a renewed hope that he MAY be removed from power at the 2027 presidential race. This hope MAY only be fulfilled if the chieftains of ADC party can properly harness their various political strengths. They must try to be selfless in deciding who to give the presidential ticket to run against President Tinubu. They must be sincere to choose the aspirant who has more NATIONAL popularity than the rest, devoid of any ETHNIC and RELIGIOUS biases.
From all indications and without any doubts, the two most popular aspirants are Atiku Abubakar from northern Nigeria, and Peter Obi from southern Nigeria. Now, if you ask me, or even as you ain’t asking me yet, I still tell ya, three factors are working against Atiku Abubakar in favor of Peter Obi, thus:
(1) Obi is much younger and fresher in ideology than Atiku, which leads to the next factor, thus: (2) The Gen-Z political “ObiDIENT Movement” in support of Peter Obi by the youths of Nigeria across ethno-religious divides is powerful. It is likely to overshadow whatever popularity that Atiku enjoys, especially for the fact that Atiku’s popularity is MOSTLY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA and mostly among Muslims, while Obi’s popularity knows no boundaries. The youths across the nation believe that power should shift from the older to the younger generation for fresh ideological improvement of the country. In addition, the youths believe that Peter Obi is one of the least corrupt among the popular Nigerian politicians of today. (3) Many Nigerians, even in Atiku’s northern Nigeria, believe in the “Gentleman-Agreement” of rotational presidency between northern and southern Nigeria. Going by this, southern Nigeria has one more 4-year-term of presidency from 2027 to 2031 before it returns to the north. It is unfair to the south if Atiku “grabs” the president’s seat in 2027.
I always say that I totally disagree with the UNDEMOCRATIC north-south dichotomy rotational presidency. However, it needs to be upheld a little longer until certain anomalies in Nigeria’s DEMO-CRAZY are corrected. Most important is to return Nigeria to true federal system where northern oligarchy would not be able to negatively control the federal government in favor of the north. Well, actually, I always say IN FAVOR OF NORTHERN OLIGARCHS, because ordinary masses of the north benefit nothing from northern control of power. On October 12, 1961, following Nigeria’s 1960 independence from Britain, Ahmadu Bello (northerner), then the Premier of Northern Nigeria said: “The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather Othman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We must use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory, never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future.”
The second most important change before the rotational presidency agreement must stop is electoral reform. This will ensure that the best qualified presidential candidates emerge as winners, regardless of their tribes and religions.
ONGOING ELECTIONEERING CAMPAIGNS FOR ATIKU AND OBI:
Presently, Dele Momodu, a chieftain of ADC is rooting for Atiku Abubakar to win ADC’s presidential ticket. A former governor, Ayo Fayose who is not even a member of ADC is rooting for Peter Obi to win the ticket. To me, Fayose makes more sense because his argument is based on the factors that I narrated above in favor of Peter Obi. Remember that Fayose is a PDP member and not ADC. He is also non-tribalistic; he is Yoruba in tribe, and Obi is Igbo. He is not even rooting for the candidate of his own embattled and unstable party, the PDP. He believes that Obi stands a better chance to beat President Tinubu, than whoever PDP may field as presidential candidate. On the other hand, Dele Momodu seems to be biased in favor of Atiku because he was once Atiku’s spokesman in the 2023 presidential election. I don’t think he is objective in the sincere interest of ADC’s victory at the polls. I believe he is only being hypocritically loyal to his one time boss, Atiku. In any case, it is his prerogative to support whoever he wants to support.
Ultimately, the interest of the Nigerian masses who are suffering under Tinubu’s corrupt and incompetent rulership is my concern. I pray that Atiku and the rest of the ADC members will put their selfish interests aside and do the right thing. I pray that they will work together and rescue the country from bad governance, meeeeeeeen!!!
