The Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) has dismissed President Bola Tinubu’s Campaign Council list, and said it is composed of discredited politicians who do not command the requisite public affinity, loyalty and confidence to drive a winning presidential campaign.
Tinubu had on Saturday named former Zamfara State governor, AbdulAziz Yari as Director-General of his 2027 presidential council.
But APM in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary Abubakar Yusuf, said the list is populated mostly with known political sycophants failed state governors and ethically challenged politicians who are seeking official cover for corruption charges and other atrocities they committed against Nigerians.
“The campaign list as published by the Tinubu presidency has finally confirmed our earlier stand that President Tinubu is not in the shape to command the support of patriotic citizens because of his horrible performance in office.
“The choice of Campaign Director General in former Zamfara State Governor Abdul-Aziz Yari under whose failed watch banditry and mass killings escalated in the state, whose government refused to implement the national minimum wage for workers and under whose administration youth unemployment, out-of-school children and general living standard came to their worst figures, speak volumes of President Tinubu’s view of governance,” the party stated.
APM noted that if after three and half years in power, President Tinubu could not garner the capacity to assemble a credible team, then it is clear that indeed, he has no business being in charge of a nation as complex and demanding as Nigeria.
“In any event, our party did expect President Tinubu to enjoy the support of well-meaning Nigerians given his calamitous failures in governance,” the statement added.
The party stated that under Tinubu’s administration, “no fewer than 628,000 Nigerians have been killed with over 2.2 million others including children, abducted in just three and half years, following the Tinubu administration’s lack of commitment to the security, safety and wellbeing of our citizens.”
It accused the Tinubu administration of implementing anti-people’s policies, crippling the national productive sectors, and pushing over 140 million Nigerians below poverty line with over 33 percent unemployment rate.
The party described the Tinubu Campaign Council’s mission is dead on arrival, adding that the Osun governorship election experience should serve as a pointer to them that President Tinubu cannot win the 2027 presidential election.
“Of course, not when he is in a contest with a more popular candidate in the mould of the APM presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, who is now commanding the support and solidarity of majority of Nigerians as the credible alternative to President Tinubu,” APM said.
It boasted that Governor Makinde has “a blueprint for a new and transparent approach to governance that puts Nigerians first, prioritising inclusive human development and wellbeing through people-oriented policies and prudent management of resources.”
The blueprint, the party said, guarantees security of lives and property, industrialisation, massive youth employment, national infrastructural revolution, efficient public service and sustainable prosperity for all.
