The Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation (MDPCO) has urged President Bola Tinubu to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race, warning that growing public anger against his administration could plunge the country into crisis.
The campaign organisation also called on the President to guarantee a free, fair and credible election in 2027, saying recent incidents of public rejection across the country should serve as a warning to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement on Sunday, MDPCO’s Director of Strategic Communications, Richard Ihediwa, said Tinubu should demonstrate statesmanship by acknowledging Nigerians’ demand for a change in leadership
The campaign cited the booing of the President and his entourage at the Shehu Shagari Central Mosque in Abuja last Friday as the latest indication of growing dissatisfaction with his administration.
It also recalled a similar incident in Lagos, where the President was reportedly greeted with chants of “ole” upon his return from France, as well as other demonstrations of public displeasure in Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa and Osun states.
According to the organisation, the incidents reflect accumulated frustration over worsening economic conditions and what it described as failed leadership.
“These organic expressions of public displeasure at President Tinubu’s administration ought to give Mr President and the All Progressives Congress serious cause for deeper reflection because it is an instinctive expression of accumulated hopelessness and frustration,” the statement said.
The MDPCO warned that Tinubu should not mistake the support of political elites, the powers of incumbency or financial inducements for genuine popular acceptance.
It argued that the President’s administration had alienated millions of Nigerians through economic hardship, unemployment, and rising living costs.
The campaign claimed that about 140 million Nigerians, representing 63 per cent of the population, had been pushed into poverty, while over 60 million citizens went to bed hungry daily and more than 30 million youths remained unemployed.
It also faulted the rising cost of petrol, which it said ranged between N1,400 and N2,000 per litre in different parts of the country, despite Nigeria’s status as an oil-producing nation.
Questioning the administration’s borrowing record, the organisation asked how Tinubu expected Nigerians to support his re-election after allegedly pushing the country’s foreign and domestic debt burden to N166.7 trillion without meaningful improvement in citizens’ living conditions.
The statement warned that if Tinubu insisted on contesting the election, he should be prepared for widespread rejection at the polls.
“The die is cast! Nigerians are determined for a change and they are not ready to accept any electoral manipulation that will perpetuate the current economic hardship and social uncertainties under the APC anti-people regime for another four years,” it said.
The MDPCO urged Nigerians to embrace the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, describing him as the alternative capable of resetting the country.
It said Makinde’s RESET NIGERIA Agenda offered a pathway towards purposeful governance, transparency, accountability and equal opportunities for citizens, irrespective of their background or connections.
The organisation maintained that Tinubu should accept the need for a new political direction rather than seek another four-year mandate.
