Ovation Magazine Publisher, Dele Momodu, asserted that the only viable strategy for the opposition to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election is by strategically zoning the presidential slot to the Muslim North and the vice-presidency to the Christian South, arguing that Tinubu has “locked down the South.”
Dele Momodu, Publisher of Ovation Magazine, stated that the opposition’s only path to defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election is by strategically zoning the presidency to the Muslim North and the vice-presidency to the Christian South.
Speaking on Arise Television, Momodu argued that Tinubu has already secured the South, making it impossible for any southern opposition candidate to compete effectively.
“It’s obvious that the ruling government has already turned this into an ethnic battle, and it’s going to be a battle of North versus South,” Momodu said. He added: “They know that President Tinubu has already locked down the South, and nobody — not Peter Obi, not Goodluck Jonathan, will be able to catch up with him where he is right now.”
According to him, Tinubu’s immense financial resources and control of state structures give him a major advantage that only a strategic counterbalance from the North can overcome. He dismissed the relevance of the eight-year power rotation principle, noting it is not enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution.