Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has signaled the possibility of leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) if President Bola Tinubu fails to address Nigeria’s mounting challenges.
Ndume, who has grown increasingly critical of the administration, disclosed that he has participated in opposition coalition meetings aimed at unseating President Tinubu in the 2027 general election.
He said he would not hesitate to make his political future known, including a potential defection, if the president does not take decisive steps to improve governance.
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He said, “I’m aware of the opposition coalition. I went to several of their meetings. I still believe this president can fix these things, but failure might cause me to move. The overloaded ship will sink,” Ndume said during an appearance on Arise Tv on Tuesday.
“They have been making overtures, but I told them I don’t want to jump from the frying pan into the fire. I have to be sure.
“I believe that Tinubu can be a successful president; that was my expectation, but if he continues this way, that ship, whether you load in other people or governors, you are just endangering the APC by pushing it towards capsizing.
“As the president said, there is a vacancy in the ship. But if you overload the ship, it will probably capsize, and if it capsizes, you lose everybody,” he said.
The former Senate chief whip also criticised recent defections to the APC stating that it is not out of genuine desire but ‘indirect stick-and-carrot political appraoch’.
His words: “Most people are not joining based on principles but due to the indirect stick-and-carrot politics. And that is not healthy at all.
“I feel when you build a house and it’s leaking you dont leave the house, you stay to fix it.”
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