Why Tinubu May Lose 2027 Like Jonathan - Northern Elder Drops Bombshell
Afnews Editor
Jun 05, 2025
A Northern elder has raised the alarm over Tinubu's 2027 re-election bid, citing growing insecurity and hunger as major threats. Could this cost him like it did Jonathan? Read the full report.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been handed a stark and unfiltered warning by a prominent Northern elder, Alhaji Dabo Sambo, who says the President risks losing his 2027 re-election bid the same way Goodluck Jonathan lost in 2015 - due to growing insecurity and hunger in the land.
In a candid media briefing, Alhaji Sambo, a respected public affairs commentator, did not mince words, blaming the alarming state of insecurity and widespread banditry, especially in the North-West and North-East regions, for Nigeria's current food crisis and declining public confidence in the Tinubu administration.
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"If President Tinubu refuses to wipe out the security challenges, he will definitely not win the 2027 election,ÔÇØ Sambo warned bluntly.
"This was the same mistake Goodluck Jonathan made and it cost him the presidency.ÔÇØ
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Sambo expressed deep concern over the state of agriculture, especially in Northern Nigeria, which he described as "under siege.ÔÇØ He noted that the North-West and North-East zones, which are responsible for cultivating more than 60% of Nigeria's food, have been left at the mercy of terrorists and kidnappers.
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Farmers, he said, have abandoned their farmlands for fear of being abducted or killed - a development that has triggered inflation, food shortages, and widespread hunger.
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"Food is scarce in Nigeria, and people are hungry,ÔÇØ Sambo declared. "You cannot expect the people to vote for a government that cannot protect them or feed them.ÔÇØ
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According to the Northern elder, the Nigerian people are no longer swayed by political gimmicks and campaign handouts. The era of using cartons of noodles and bags of salt to buy votes is over, he said, stressing that Nigerians now demand real governance.
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"People want security and food. Without these, they will not vote,ÔÇØ Sambo stated.
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"This country is going through economic bleeding - from the high cost of transport to the devaluation of the naira - and it is the masses who are suffering.ÔÇØ
He warned that if Tinubu does not act decisively in the next six months to stem the tide of insecurity, and within one year resuscitate local farming, the 2027 election may slip out of his grasp.
"History May Repeat ItselfÔÇØ
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Alhaji Dabo Sambo recalled the 2015 presidential elections, when then-President Goodluck Jonathan lost largely due to his failure to address the rising insurgency in the North-East. He fears history is about to repeat itself.
"Goodluck Jonathan didn't lose because of lack of credentials or experience,ÔÇØ Sambo concluded. "He lost because the people were tired of insecurity. Tinubu is on that same path now.ÔÇØ
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As discontent brews across the North and the economy falters under the weight of banditry and inflation, political observers are beginning to take Sambo's warning seriously.
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Whether the Tinubu administration will treat this as a wake-up call or allow the warning to pass unheeded - as Jonathan once did - remains to be seen.
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