By Ismaeel Aleem
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described former presidential candidate, Dele Momodu, as a “serial political tourist” who lacks the credentials to offer strategic counsel that would defeat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
This remark was made while countering Momodu’s claim that the opposition should play the ethnic and religious cards.
The spokesman of the party, Seye Oladejo, said the politics of ethnicity can’t defeat Tinubu’s performance.
In a statement he signed on Saturday, Seye said the party is aware of the characteristic amusement, from “serial political tourist, Dele Momodu, who has suddenly anointed himself as a strategic adviser to a confused opposition, urging them to play the ethnic card since, in his own words, “Jonathan and Obi can’t defeat Tinubu.”
“While we thank him for finally admitting the obvious that President Bola Tinubu remains politically unstoppable, we must question the audacity and credentials of a man whose own political history is nothing but a long tale of experiments, misadventures, and failed auditions for relevance.”
The APC chieftain informed the renowned journalist that the days of using ethnicity as a gateway to power are long gone, adding that Nigerian electorates are now well evolved.
“They are now focused on who can deliver results, not who can divide the nation.”
Stating that under Tinubu’s regime, Nigeria is undergoing a rebuild on the foundation of equity, inclusion, and reform, Oladejo said from “infrastructural renewal to economic stabilisation and social investment, this administration is proving that leadership is about ideas, not identity.”
Oladejo charged Momodu to focus on finding his own political direction before attempting to offer others advice.
“If the opposition is truly desperate for guidance, perhaps the first counsel they should heed is to stop listening to those who have never won anything, not even a councillorship election.
“The 2027 election will be a referendum on competence and performance, not on ethnicity or nostalgia. And in that contest, Dele Momodu’s brand of political showmanship will have no place,” he added.
