Yemi Obafemi
A former National Vice Chairman, North-West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has said Nigeria is heading towards a future where it will have a functional political party and produce leaders that will be servants to citizens, rather than leaders that are emperors.
Lukman disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.He said the same way Nigerians were able to get military out of power 25 years ago, Nigerians will also correct the mess by voting out President Bola Tinubu come 2027.
According to Lukman, Nigeria’s security situation and economy have significantly deteriorated over the past 15 months since President Tinubu took office.
He said: “This country cannot continue like this. What I know is that something will have to give. Whether that act of giving will produce something that will correct all the mess around is what I am pushing.
“I guarantee you and I am confident (that) the same way we were able to get military out of power, we are going to correct the current mess.
“We are going to get to a situation where we have a functional political party, and APC and President Asiwaju (Tinubu) will be defeated in 2027, and we will produce leaders that will be servants to citizens, not leaders that are emperors.”
He said Tinubu, ex-Lagos governor, is a beneficiary of the committed support of some democrats to building democracy and should do better than he is currently doing.Lukman said he would support Tinubu if he changes and does what’s right and would apologise to him and support his administration.
