A former national vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for North-West, Dr Salihu Lukman, said APC may be faced with defeat by 2027 if the hardship facing Nigerians were not quickly addressed.
By Ademu Usman Idakwo
The APC Chieftain, who admitted that Nigerians were going through tough times, said it could lead to rebellion that will kick the party out of office in the 2027 elections.
He disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja ahead of the public presentation of his new book, ‘APC and Transition Politics’, slated to be launched next week Tuesday.
Lukman expressed worry that the party and other leaders of the country have become very comfortable with doing anything they like and getting away with it, without knowing that the repercussion awaits them.
He said: “I think we must be honest and this is the point I say to our leaders, without any inhibition, that at the moment our democracy is not responsive enough. We must appeal to our leaders that things are almost getting out of hand at the rate at which we are going under a party that is envisioned to be progressive.
“We are likely going to start witnessing rebellion and, if care is not taken by 2027, we will be kicked out of office, which means taking Nigeria back to where it was in 2015. I think we owe our leader the responsibility or President Asiwaju the responsibility to tell him the honest truth,” he stated.
The controversial Politician said his book, ‘APC and Transition Politics’ was part of efforts to address these concerns, adding it documented the party’s experiences with the struggle under the transition that brought President Bola Tinubu.
Salihu Lukman has been at the forefront of the agitation for APC to adhere to the principles that brought it to power in 2015, from which the party has derailed, unleashing hardship on Nigerians due to corruption and mismanagement of the country’s resources.
