WATCH THE VIDEO HERE A founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has declared that at the moment, no candidate had better chances of defeating President Bola Tinubu in the presidential election. The elder statesman, in a chat with newsmen in Abuja, said he was not aware of any forum where the north took a position to support a candidate from the zone for the election. He noted that was not aware of any forum where a position was taken by the north supporting a candidate from the zone for the 2027 presidential election. Don’t miss out on any real-time information. Join our WhatsApp group to stay updated. .. “I haven’t heard anybody making any proposition about the 2027 presidential election from Arewa Consultative Forum. “What is tagged the Arewa Consultative Forum or Northern Elders Forum’s position is mere individual opinions, because all sections of the north have not taken a stand on this,” he said. Yakasai said that Nigerians should wait until the northerners meet and officially take a position. “In Nigeria today, Bola Tinubu is the president. He has his ministers and governors who are backing him. “Who else has all what it takes to move into the contest with the kind of stamina and strength to be more successful comparatively with Tinubu?” he asked. Yakasai said that aside the ruling APC controlling majority of states, there are some other governors from the opposition parties still supporting Tinubu. “We should all wait and see if the picture will change drastically, otherwise for now, the odds are in his (Tinubu’s) favour because I have not seen anything that will prevent him from winning the next election. “He hasn’t done anything against the north in my understanding and the north alone cannot decide who becomes the president of the country,” he said. According to him, the crisis rocking some of the major opposition parties has further softened the grounds for Tinubu to win in 2027. In terms of assessment of the administration in the last two years, Yakasai said that he would not do so, for now. He, however, advised Nigerian politicians to always have the interest of the masses at the centre of their actions and plans. Our politicians should see politics as a dynamic game and what I will advise is for them to play the game on the basis of ideology and programmes. Don’t miss out on any real-time information. Join our WhatsApp group to stay updated. .. “Let them envision the way they want the country to be and not targeting to be ministers, governors and president.
PDP and Obidients react as Arewa elder Yakasai declares no candidate can defeat Tinubu in 2027
