2027: Step down if you are not working for Tinubu, Adeyanju tells Peter Obi and Kwankwaso

Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju urged Peter Obi, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, and his running mate Rabiu Kwankwaso to quit the 2027 race if they are not working for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. In a post on X, Adeyanju said their withdrawal would convince him they were no longer backing Tinubu, as he accused them of doing in 2023, and urged Nigerians not to vote for them. Kwankwaso countered that Obi’s popularity in the South and mobilisation of support in the North were keeping Tinubu awake at night. Kwankwaso also said he had asked Fulani groups to persuade African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate Atiku Abubakar to withdraw.