A former spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Segun Sowunmi, has said he pities President Bola Tinubu over the likely controversy that could follow the outcome of the 2027 presidential election.
Sowunmi stated this while responding to a question on whether he believed Tinubu could win the 2027 election during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.
He said the major challenge facing Nigeria was not necessarily who wins or loses an election, but the ability of political actors and their supporters to accept the outcome.
According to him, the stability of the country depends on how the outcome of elections is accepted by the candidates and their supporters.
Sowunmi argued that voters have the right to choose between candidates, adding that political actors should accept the decision of the electorate when their opponents emerge victorious.
Sowunmi said: “Let me tell you what I think. I pity him (Tinubu) because after he wins, they’re going to start saying he rigged, and the biggest challenge for the stability of this country going forward is not so much who will win or who will lose, but how they will accept outcomes.
“Because if you do an election and people can vote for you, they can vote for your rival. And if they do happen to vote for your rival and he wins, if you insist that all you are going to be doing is screaming up and down and instigating the society, how does the winner become the victim of the votes people gave him?”