A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Dan Ulasi has stated it is going to take extraordinary efforts to defeat President Bola Tinubu within the 2027 basic election.
Ulasi described Tinubu as one in every of Nigeria’s most strategic politicians, warning opposition events in opposition to underestimating his political energy forward of the following presidential election.
He spoke on Friday whereas fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show.
According to him, whereas some members have been expressing confidence that Atiku had already received the election, he challenged their optimism, insisting that they’d not performed sufficient political groundwork to assure victory.
Ulasi stated: “You know, in 2023, I stated on this platform that if anyone takes President Tinubu without any consideration, you’re doing it at your individual peril. He’s probably the most strategic politicians on this nation.
“When he (Tinubu) was developing, we had an emergency assembly someplace.
“You know, Atiku, all people was there, and other people, governors they usually have been saying ‘you (Atiku), have won, you have won. You have won already’.
“I stated you have to be jokers. And they stated I have to go away the assembly. I stated if I go away this assembly, all people will stroll out right here, and I acquired up.
“Lots of people adopted me, however Atiku referred to as me. I got here again. I stated, ‘Like who has received?
“That Atiku sitting down right here has..which election has they received in opposition to Tinubu?
“What have we performed on the bottom to present that Atiku will win? And we went to that election. What occurred? Tinubu received.
“We are once more in one other circle of election. Like you learn, they stated the opposition is so fragmented now, worse than it was in 2023.
“So solely God will reply that query. Is there some divine course of occurring?
“But as things are on the ground, it will take some magic for anybody to stop Tinubu. I can tell you that.”
