A lawyer and activist, Dr. Maxwell Opara has stated that President Bola Tinubu can be defeated.
He was reacting after former Minister Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi said he can defeat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
Opara stated this during an interview on Arise television’s News Day, arguing that the present situation in Nigeria has made the Tinubu administration very easy for anyone to defeat.
Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State who recently left the All Progressives Congress, APC, had during an interview at the weekend, declared that he could easily beat his former political ally, Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
However, Opara said it is not about Amaechi, insisting that any serious politician will defeat Tinubu in a free and fair election.
According to him, Nigerians are angry with the current government.
He advised Amaechi to trash any hope of winning the ticket of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, stressing that the ticket belongs to Atiku Abubakar.
“Well, when you’re talking about the political achievements of Amaechi that’s out of it. Anybody, anybody who is serious that comes out in 2027 will defeat President Tinubu. Be it El-Rufai, be it Atiku or Peter Obi. Any of them can defeat Tinubu. Because of the economic challenges in the present Nigeria, Nigerians are frustrated, and as a result of their frustration, they needed a change.
“They don’t want to know who is coming. Only thing they don’t want to see is President Tinubu and APC. Going by his unpopular policies, going by the unnecessary spending and wastages, going by the way he’s handling the case of Nnamdi Kanu, a lot of issues put together. Nigerians are tired of President Tinubu and his government.
“Now, on whether Amaechi will win. He will, first of all, before you go to heaven, you’ll first of all die. Amaechi will, first of all, get the ticket of ADC.
“On whether he will get the ADC ticket of ADC, I say no, he cannot get that ADC ticket. It is for Atiku Abubakar. They won’t even give it to Peter Obi.
“So if he’s thinking about getting that ticket, he should just wake up from sleep.”
