2027: Tinubu afraid of campaign stress, will use governors to ‘cash out’ votes – Sam Amadi

Former Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Dr Sam Amadi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of avoiding the stress of campaigning forward of the 2027 presidential election.

Amadi alleged that Tinubu would depend on governors to safe votes for him, warning that such an association may undermine Nigeria’s democracy if opposition events weren’t allowed to campaign freely.

The former NERC chairman made the remarks in a submit on his X deal with on Wednesday whereas reacting to Tinubu’s declaration that he may not go to each state through the 2027 presidential campaign.

Tinubu had stated, “You will excuse me from going everywhere with you. However, I will still make room to talk to Nigerians directly. The responsibility of this office does not pause, and we have bills to pay.”

Reacting, Amadi described the President as honest, suggesting that his choice not to campaign extensively was pushed by his incapability to face up to the stress related to such an train.

“Tinubu is very honest here. He will not campaign because he cannot face the stress of a campaign. He will allow the governors to cash out the votes through all means,” he wrote.

Amadi, nevertheless, urged governors anticipated to work for Tinubu’s re-election to conduct their actions peacefully and permit opposition events to campaign with out hindrance.

“I just ask the governors to go about this proxy work peacefully, allow the opposition to campaign freely, and let the people decide for themselves whether to return Tinubu to power despite his inability to campaign,” he added.

He warned that Nigeria’s democratic establishments had already suffered important harm, cautioning towards additional deterioration amid considerations about attainable navy intervention.

“Nigerian democracy is already broken. But we should always not harm it additional for worry of the navy. We are weak. Consider what’s going on round us in West Africa.

“We need democracy to survive,” Amadi acknowledged.