Former Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, says President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 is doomed.

“I have looked at data, we have polling that is going on now, credible polling. There is no pathway for the president to emerge victorious, that is why we are seeing all these shenanigans,” said Mr Rhodes-Vivour told Channels TV on Wednesday.

Mr Rhodes-Vivour accused the president of running a government that benefits only his cronies and supporters.

“There is no pathway for him. When you look at the North that gave him 62 per cent of his votes, you see the tsunami that is happening in the North. You have a president that created a government system that is just for the city boys. 

“It is a city boys’ government. It’s not even a proper South-West government; it’s his cronies that are just in charge,” the Lagos politician claimed.

The politician accused Mr Tinubu of sinister attempts to contest the presidential election unchallenged, blaming him for the crisis rocking several opposition parties.

“The best pathway is to create an environment where he is the only candidate on the ballot for the presidency. That is what he is trying to achieve, but he is not going to succeed,” Mr Rhodes-Vivour added.

African Democratic Congress chieftains and supporters marched to the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Abuja on Wednesday to protest the derecognition of its leaders.

Former Governor Rotimi Amaechi Amaechi, who addressed the protesters, said Mr Tinubu would ruin Abuja and relocate the country’s capital to Lagos if re-elected in 2027.

The presidency denied all allegations.

Sunday Dare, special adviser to Mr Tinubu on media and public communication, said, “There is no design whether covertly or overtly to have just the APC on the ballot. We have 21 parties registered to compete on the ballot; every party has the right to field a candidate. Now the APC will not roll out the carpet and close shop because other parties are struggling.”