Opposition To Tinubu’s Second Term Shall Be From Within – APC Chieftain Says
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jesutega Onokpasa, has declared that the main opposition group to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu second term in office shall be from the dissatisfied members within the ruling party.
This was as Onokpasa, who was a member of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Council in 2023, said that the whole idea of packing and packaging people into the APC is not democracy, stressing that the interesting thing is that there must always be opposition as people are bound to disagree.
He also said that President Tinubu does not deserved a second term in office having “failed woefully” based on the performance index of his administration.
Speaking when he featured on Arise Television on Sunday, April 27, 2025, Onokpasa said that Tinubu may end up being a one-term president if he fails to improve in his performance.
He questioned the rationale why the Delta State governor, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, who he referred to as his cousin, defected to the APC, stressing that the governor’s defection to the APC does not add any value to the party or the state.
In the words of Onokpasa; “The President and the APC should not focus on the defection of opposition politicians into its fold, but on good governance. The defections of opposition leaders to the APC negate the principles of democracy.
“It is not a question of people defecting to our party. It is a question of, are we ruling well? In that sense, we failed woefully,” he said.
Onokpasa pointedly said that he would not leave the APC which he worked so hard to put in place at its formative stage but, would remain and fight the wrongs within, particularly the non-fulfilment of campaign promises made to Nigerians.
He further said; “President Bola Tinubu has failed woefully to rule well, provide food for Nigerians, and give succour in these hard times.
“Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, who recently defected to our party, is actually my cousin. I don’t have the slightest idea why he defected to our party. He did not inform me. I wish him well. I don’t think it has value to him, our party, or Delta state.
“The idea of a one-party state is simply unattainable. There must be disagreement. Even in our party, we disagree.
“I can tell you for free that at the rate we are going, all these things (defections) won’t help us in 2027. If we are not careful, Bola Tinubu will end up as a one-term president. Quote me anywhere,” he stressed.
