2027: 'Tinubu can only win Abuja with rigging, Nigeria's name will be changed' – Primate Ayodele

Religious leader Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned that President Bola Tinubu could only secure victory in the capital city of Abuja through fraudulent means in the upcoming presidential election. Ayodele, who heads the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, made these remarks in a statement, claiming that support for Tinubu was waning in the North, with voters in the region intending to oust him from office.

He further stated that God had bestowed the power upon the North to choose their leader, and without their backing, Tinubu's chances of winning would be slim. Ayodele also criticized the choice of Abdulazeez Yari as Tinubu's campaign director, asserting that northern voters had already made their decision. He issued a stern warning that unless the president takes corrective action, the people in the region will do whatever it takes to remove him from power.

Ayodele further predicted that other northern states, including Adamawa, Katsina, Jigawa, Zamfara, Sokoto, and Bauchi, would present challenges for the ruling party. He also mentioned that Abuja itself was experiencing unrest and could potentially be won through rigging. The cleric went as far as to speculate that Nigeria's name may be changed in the future, attributing it to spiritual contamination which is hindering effective governance in the country.

He believed that the name Nigeria has negative spiritual implications for leadership and could prevent governments from functioning optimally, even when their intentions are pure.