Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that halting President Bola Tinubu’s bid for re-election in 2027 will require deliberate and collective action from Nigerians.
Speaking at the public unveiling of the 2025 Nigeria Social Cohesion Survey Report by the Africa Polling Institute in Abuja on Thursday, Amaechi warned that meaningful national change cannot be achieved through mere wishful thinking.
The former Rivers State governor urged citizens to actively engage in the political process if they truly desire a different outcome in the next general election.
His words: “The only way you can stop Tinubu from being the president of Nigeria in 2027 is to run an election of Nigerians versus the bandits.
“If you think you will just sit down and do that, may God be with you.”
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Amaechi criticised Nigerian youths for always complaining about the country’s situation but failing to take action against the political elites.
He said, “The elites who are stealing Nigerian money are not up to 100,000, but you have 200 million Nigerians who can fight 100,000 men.
“You sit down in your house and complain and grumble. What makes you think the elites would move their hands completely? Who told you the elites don’t know how you are feeling?
“They know you are not happy. But you are helpless not because the elites made you helpless, you made yourself helpless.”
The ex-governor said he would have left the country, but his wife stopped him.
“I told my wife, I want to Japa like you people do. They will give me an official visa to come and stay in their country, any country.
“She said, no, we can’t leave Nigeria because Nigeria is lovable. It’s lovely,” he said.
