Hakeem Baba-Ahmed: Tinubu will lose before 4pm if 2027 election is credible, free and fair

The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 presidential election before 4 p.m. if the exercise is free, fair and credible.

Baba-Ahmed spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.

If it is a credible, free and fair election, I assure you Tinubu will lose. I won’t say before 12 noon, maybe before 4 p.m. in the evening.

Baba-Ahmed said he hoped the election would be free, fair and credible, warning that failure to ensure this could pose a serious threat to Nigeria’s democracy.

If it is not (credible), I foresee a very serious threat to Nigeria’s democracy. There are people out there, millions who are very, very angry. They desperately want an opportunity to express their anger through the ballot, and it is very important that we allow them to exercise that right. Play around that, and you are playing around with the future of this country.

While the PRP chairman believes the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be dislodged from power in 2027, he acknowledged that achieving this would not be easy.

He also faulted Tinubu for recently defending the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against allegations of bias.