Tinubu: Embittered Souls Must Not Endanger The Country’s Rotational Principle – OPC Sends Warning To El-Rufai, Others

The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has accused Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, and other northern political elites of plotting to end President Bola Tinubu’s term.
The group expressed support for Tinubu’s reelection in 2027 and cautioned against self-appointed “leaders of the North” from undermining the zoning principle and removing the President prematurely.
In a statement issued on Monday, the group’s General Secretary, Bunmi Fasehun, accused Rufai and other northern political figures of attempting to shorten the North-South unwritten power rotation agreement.

“Those advocating for Asiwaju’s removal should consider the rotational system, which has ensured inclusive and egalitarian government since 1999. “That principle must not be jeopardized for the selfish interests of political adventurers like Hameed Baba-Ahmed and Nasir El-Rufai,” Fasehun stated.
Fasehun emphasized that the OPC’s nearly 10 million members and supporters will not keep silent while such political moves jeopardize national unity.

“No one can erase Asiwaju’s historic role in returning the presidency to the North in 2015 by acting against a sitting President from the South. For the first time in Nigerian history, an opposition party won the presidential election.

“It was a mission impossible that God made achievable through Tinubu’s strategy, contacts, and resources from the primaries to the general elections in 2015 and 2019.

“Evidently, Tinubu mobilised his South-West to vote massively for Buhari in both elections,” claimed the party’s statement.

Fasehun also labeled Tinubu as a product of Nigeria’s democratic struggle, comparing him to the late South African icon Nelson Mandela.

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“Like the OPC and our Founder, the Late Dr. Frederick Fasehun, Tinubu was a formidable force in NADECO, the ultimate vehicle for our country’s democratic struggle, both at home and abroad. Tinubu, like Nelson Mandela, is the first Nigerian President in the Fourth Republic to emerge from the trenches of the struggle against military rule,” he added.