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Olugbemi. Adeyinka Ogunleye
1 month ago
Overview
2027: Tinubu’s Counter-Attack Scatters Opposition
•Parties allege inducements, blackmail amid defection gale
•How Tinubu turned tide against opponents
There are strong indications that recent political moves by President Bola Tinubu are responsible for the defections of top opposition figures to the ruling All Progressives Congress. Sunday PUNCH noted that the APC and the President, who had been on the defensive against criticisms from the opposition and anti-Tinubu coalition groups, might have turned the tables around. Insiders insisted that the change resulted from Tinubu’s recent moves.
However, while some sources and opposition figures claimed that the President deployed inducements and blackmail, his supporters said he provided good leadership, which made the party attractive to outsiders.
Masterstroke or mischief?
Feelers from the APC identified Governors Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Aba Yusuf (Kano) and suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers), as four new converts expected to join the party in the coming weeks.
“It is not a rumour. It is happening; those four governors – Eno, Mbah, Yusuf and Fubara — are on their way to joining the APC,” a source said.
More: https://punchng.com/2027-tinubus-counter-attack-scatters-opposition/
