…says North won’t support President’s 2nd term
President Bola Tinubu has been warned of coming gang-ups against him in the North as well as betrayal by some people close to him ahead of 2027.
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, gave the warning on Sunday, asking Tinubu to be strategic in his approach to the North as they won’t support his second term ambition.
Tinubu, a former two-term governor of Lagos State, was elected the President of Nigeria in the 2023 election for a four-year term, but the constitution allows him to run for a second term in 2027 when his first tenure ends. There is every pointer that Tinubu will be seeking a second term, but Primate Ayodele is asking the President to be cautious.
In a statement by his media aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele said leaders in the North would conspire and all Tinubu’s efforts would not be seen as anything.
“Tinubu will still have a lot of problems ahead of 2027 because the Northerners will gang up against him. Some who are closer to Tinubu will betray him,” Ayodele said.
“Despite all that he will be doing, there is going to be an aggressive conspiracy from some of the Northern leaders against him. He will try his best but it won’t be seen as anything,” he said.
The Prophet revealed that the President and the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, will have a lukewarm relationship due to the issues that will arise from the North.
He warned of a serious political setback and tension towards the second term bid of the present administration.
“Shettima and Tinubu will have a lukewarm relationship due to the issues that will arise from the North.
“The Northerners will work against Shettima and rivals will rise up against him.
“The President has to be tactical about the Northerners, otherwise he will face a lot of setback and political tension towards his second term,” he stated.
Primate Ayodele asserted that the North will not experience any significant development because there will still be insecurity till 2030, poor infrastructure and education in the zone.
“I don’t see an end to insecurity in the North till about 2030 because it is within them, there is going to be mismanagement of development.
“Tinubu should watch his back; the Northerners will become his enemies and let’s also be careful so we won’t experience Yoruba, Fulani-Kanuri crisis in the country.
“There is no blueprint for Northern development in this government because the Northerners have worked against it.
“The North will continue to face insecurity, poor infrastructure, education, and they will be divided,” he said.
