The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared its confidence that President Bola Tinubu will secure a second term in 2027, regardless of who becomes the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The party’s National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, made this assertion in an interview with The Sun.
It was reported that the second tenure of the current INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, is set to end this year, and efforts are ongoing to find his successor.
When asked whether the APC-led government plans to recommend a new chairman for the electoral commission, Ajibola Basiru responded, “how can you be asking a player to recommend a referee? We are players and don’t care about which referee was brought to officiate the match.”
He further emphasized …
“the recommendation is the job of civil society organisations and lawmakers.”
“Our own job is to mobilize, galvanized, and sensitise our members for whoever they like. In fact, by the time we mobilise, even if the new chairman of INEC is the father of the presidential candidate of another party, Asiwaju will still win the election.”