Dele Momodu Warns: 2027 Presidential Race Turning Into an Ethnic Battle

The 2027 presidential election, according to Dele Momodu, a member of the opposition coalition, is an ethnic race.

He claimed that the only people who could cast opposition ballots were Mohammed Sanusi, Kano Emir, Nasir El-Rufai, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Aminu Tambuwal, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

Adding that he is a Democrat and does not fear robust electoral competition, he stated that elections are a game of numbers.

All efforts to make Nigeria a one-party state should be opposed, Momodu stated in a statement via 𝕏.

El-Rufai, Tambuwal, Kwankwaso, Atiku, and possibly Emir Sanusi (should he choose to leave his status as a monarch to enter politics) are the only candidates who can garner votes for the opposition in the 2027 presidential election, he said.

Since the main opposition groupings can only confirm popularity by contest or consensus, the Southern candidates should not be disqualified as long as they are prepared for a primary.

“Everything should be done to prevent a monarchical or one-party state.”

In order to confront President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, Momodu also called on opposition parties to band together and use what he called the “ethnic and religious cards.”

He said that the current wave of PDP governors leaving the party, including as Peter Mbah of Enugu and Douye Diri of Bayelsa, had further cemented the ruling All Progressives Congress’s (APC) hold.

He asserts that Nigeria is perilously near to becoming a one-party state as the APC already controls both the legislative and executive branches.