Adeyanju to Atiku, Peter Obi, and Others: “A Merger Won’t Defeat Tinubu”

Human rights lawyer and activist Deji Adeyanju has voiced skepticism about the potential success of any opposition coalition in defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections. In an interview with Daily Post, Adeyanju argued that opposition parties missed their best chance during the 2023 presidential election by failing to come together and present a unified candidate against Tinubu.continue Reading>>>...CONTINUE READING>>>

He emphasized that the 2023 election provided a rare opportunity for the opposition, especially since former President Muhammadu Buhari was reportedly not supportive of Tinubu’s candidacy. Adeyanju believes this was a crucial moment that the opposition let slip away.

Adeyanju remarked, “What’s the point of forming a coalition if it can’t win an election? They stand no chance against Tinubu’s political network. I encourage them to remain divided and follow their egos, allowing Tinubu’s influence to grow even stronger.”

He criticized the opposition for missing a straightforward task in the 2023 election. According to Adeyanju, with Buhari’s ineffective leadership and apparent disinterest in Tinubu’s victory, the opposition needed only to unite behind a single candidate. Instead, key figures like Kwankwaso, Obi, and Atiku pursued their own ambitions, splitting the opposition vote, while Tinubu and INEC stood united.continue Reading>>>

The opposition had an opportunity but squandered it, he added.Adeyanju continued, saying Tinubu is too entrenched to lose any election he oversees. He pointed out discrepancies in the Edo election results, where the figures reported by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) differed from those shown on IReV, questioning the fairness of the process.He further argued that forming a merger is futile under such circumstances, urging opposition leaders to test their popularity individually instead of uniting.

He views Tinubu’s influence and INEC as a powerful alliance in a system where people’s votes hold little weight.Finally, Adeyanju pointed to recent elections in Edo, Ondo, Kogi, and Imo as examples of flawed electoral processes. He believes that the opposition had their best chance to defeat the APC in the last election, but instead wasted it by focusing on personal ambitions and theatrics rather than strategy.