2027: I will wrestle my opponents to finishing point – Tinubu vows

 With Nigeria getting close to the 2027 presidential
election, President Bola Tinubu has vowed to wrestle the opposition to the
finish point.

 

Tinubu spoke during a meeting with the Catholic Bishops’
Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, led by its President, Most Rev. Matthew Ndagoso,
at the State House on Tuesday.

The President also declared that the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, is neutral.

He said, “I asked for this job. I’m in it. Those who will
take it from me will try. They will try. All is fair in politics, and it’s
equal opportunity.

“INEC, you mentioned, is neutral. They’ve never, never
intimidated anybody. If political opponents are crying wolves, maybe they are
afraid of their own shadows and the uncertainty in the companies they keep, not
me.

“I’m ready, but I won’t give them a red carpet. I won’t
offer them the leash to tie me and rope me. No, we wrestle each other to the
finishing point.”

The 2027 general election will commence with the
presidential election scheduled for 16 January 2027.

Senatorial and House of Representatives elections would be
held on the same day across Nigeria.

The polls to elect state governors and members of the state
assemblies will come up on 6 February 2027.

Tinubu, who is the flagbearer of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, would trade tackle with Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic
Congress, ADC, Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, among others
in the presidential election.

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