•Atiku (middle with mic) presents Jegede to the crowd
African Democratic Congress(ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must go in 2027.
He made the declaration today in Akure, Ondo State capital, at the defection ceremony of Eyitayo Jegede, a former governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, to ADC.
The former vice president stated that the socio-economic situation in the country is too harsh for the people to cope with, reports Daily Independent.
He said: “We are committed to restoring subsidy, we are committed to restoring security all over this country, if we are elected, no part of this country would feel insecure anymore.
“You know what we did between 1999 and 2007, we took Nigeria to be the first finest economy in Africa, today we are number five. Who are responsible for taking us down and backward? Is it not APC? This is the moment for us to vote them out.
“And there’s this popular saying now that Tinubu must go. You saw what happened in the last election in Osun State, where there was a massive turn out of voters and massive protection of votes.
“ADC must do the same in every state. You can see our brother, Eyitayo and friend and his associates have joined us. We’re winning.”
While addressing the mammoth crowd at the defection which was held at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Arcade, Alagbaka, Akure, Jegede said he had only come to defect from his former party, PDP, to ADC.
He didn’t comment on his next move having defected to ADC.
The crowd defied the downpour while the event was ongoing and at the end of the event.
Jegede stated that, “There is unemployment in Nigeria, you can all see that. There is hardship you can all see that. The suffering is too much.
“The journey has begun, we want a democratic government. We are sure of winning for Senate, Reps and President.
We are going to mobilise and unite to win come 2027. All the PDP members loyal to me have moved to ADC.”
The Chairman of ADC, David Mark, who was represented by the National Secretary of the party, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, said: “We are going to let everyone know that ADC is the boss when we vote from January and February
“We are going to mobilise to win. You can see things are costly, we are going to bring it down.
“It is our vote that would determine the strength of our political party, as we came out today, let’s vote ADC massively.”
Present at the event were Aminu Tambuwal, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, the state Chairman of ADC, Tola Alabere, former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatai Ahmed, Osun ADC gubernatorial candidate, Najeem Salam, Ekiti State governorship candidate, Amb. Dare Bejide, among others.
