Allied Peoples Movement presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, has said President Bola Tinubu should not expect votes from the North in the 2027 presidential poll.
Makinde, who spoke through the Director of Communication, Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organization (MDPCO), Richard Ihediwa, said this is because the President has allegedly failed to keep his promises to the zone and the the rest of the country.
The presidential hopeful stated that President Tinubu’s have allegedly had negative consequences on Nigerians, on account of which Nigerians have allegedly hm and the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC).
According to him, “Nigerians do not expect anything from Tinubu’s Campaign Flag-off beyond the usual spewing of lies, deceit, vague promises and false performance claims by discredited and rejected APC leaders and fraudulent political gamblers clobbered together by greed and lust for power.
“Since President Tinubu decided to flag off his 2027 Presidential campaign in Kaduna, the political headquarters of the North, we challenge him to explain what the region has gained from his incompetent and nepotic administration beyond a bumper harvest of bloodshed, crushing economic hardship, broken promises and shattered public trust.
“Nigerians will recall that at the APC North-West campaign rally in Kaduna on December 13, 2022, Tinubu declared: ‘All those troublemakers, all those kidnappers, killers who are troubling the security of Kaduna and Northern Nigeria, I assure you, we will eliminate them.’ He further promised that every inch of Nigerian territory would be secured and defended.
“Three and half years later, under his watch, bandits and terrorists continue to kill, abduct and displace citizens across the North-West, other parts of Nigeria,” the APM candidate noted.
Furthermore, he stated that since May 29, 2023, when President Tinubu assumed office, not less than 13,000 Nigerians killed in the northern parts of the country, with many more abducted, without the President taking action to protect the people.
“Beyond the killings and mass abductions, an estimated 3.7 million people have been internally displaced with shattered families, paralyzed businesses and communities abandoned to fear, terror and death under President Tinubu’s watch.
“Lamentably, the President’s assurance in Kaduna that Northerners would “never regret voting him” is now a huge irony as many now have compelling reasons to question their political investment in the APC having been unpardonably disappointed.
“Regrettably, nothing exposes the government’s misplaced priorities more than reports that APC campaign billboards are now under protection by security agencies while vulnerable communities remain at the mercy of bandits. Under Tinubu, political advertisements appear better protected than human lives.
“Besides, the marginalisation of the North in appointments to strategic sectors of the federal government reinforces the perception that President Tinubu regards the region as nothing more than a convenient reservoir of electoral votes, courted at election time and sidelined thereafter.
“Nigerians, wherever they are, deserve more than campaign promises; they deserve security, affordable living, thriving farms, reliable electricity, quality education and accountable leadership. No part of the country must be a source of votes for the powerful and a place of neglect for the powerless,”Makinde stated.
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