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Aare Amerijoye Dotb
There are times in the life of a nation when history turns violently against the oppressor, when the silence of the masses gives way to a roaring resistance, and when the ballot transforms into a bullet of truth aimed at dismantling the empire of lies. 2027 will be such a time. Let it be screamed into the ears of those in power, and etched boldly on the walls of national conscience: Rigging will not save Tinubu in 2027.
This government, bloated in arrogance, empty in substance, has succeeded in authoring one of the most painful chapters of Nigeria’s democratic history. Under Bola Ahmed Tinubu, we have witnessed the coronation of poverty, the institutionalisation of propaganda, and the weaponisation of silence. It is no longer governance; it is governance grotesquely dressed in garbs of tyranny, camouflaged as reform.
For too long, Tinubu and his cabal have mistaken Nigeria for a conquered territory, where votes are mocked, courts are manipulated, and truth is bartered for power. But even a voiceless people eventually find their voice. Even the oppressed learn to organiae. The poor may eat crumbs today, but by 2027, they will vote with vengeance, not just for change, but for justice long denied.
Rigging is no longer enough.
The 2023 election, plagued by technical failures, sudden transmission blackouts, logistical fraud, and judicial acrobatics, was not a victory; it was a disgraceful seizure of the people’s will. But what they captured was a position, not legitimacy. They held power, but not authority. Tinubu may have worn the crown, but the people never bowed. And in the streets, in the markets, in the universities, in the homes of the unemployed, in the tears of mothers and the fury of jobless youths,his presidency is already defeated.
The economy is bleeding. The naira has been rendered worthless. Fuel prices dance like lunatics. Hunger now sits at every family’s table, uninvited yet omnipresent. Every citizen has become an unwilling philosopher, pondering how a country so blessed could descend into such engineered misfortune. What Tinubu has done is not mismanagement; it is economic vandalism disguised as reform. His government is not leading, it is looting with policies.
Yet, he plans to return. On what grounds?
The same Atiku Abubakar who warned us all, who stood like a political Cassandra, screaming of what was to come,has been vindicated. Atiku is not just a candidate; he is a builder of systems, a reformer who understands the architecture of national recovery. Alongside him stands Peter Obi, the uncompromising steward of frugality and discipline, whose name now symbolises a hunger for clean politics. Together, they are not mere opposition; they are the political conscience of a wounded nation.
As John Stuart Mill wrote, “The worth of a state in the long run is the worth of the individuals composing it.” The individuals of Nigeria—disrespected, impoverished, ridiculed,are waking up. They are learning to fight not with sticks, but with votes. And no amount of ballot manipulation, voter suppression, or legal sorcery can hold back this tide.
Let us not mince words: The APC is a sinking vessel, gasping for air in a sea of public outrage.
Their only strategy is rigging, but even rigging has its expiration date. When a nation rises to vote with its scars, not its illusions, the arithmetic of fraud crumbles. You can tamper with results, but you cannot tamper with a people that have tasted affliction. This time, the voters will come with eyes open, phones charged, and hearts burning with resolve.
This time, there will be no business as usual.
This time, every polling unit will be a battlefield.
This time, every manipulated figure will be challenged with the wrath of millions.
This time, every lie will be confronted with collective memory.
Let Tinubu know: the gods of rigging are tired.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible,” said John F. Kennedy, “make violent revolution inevitable.” Nigeria stands at a dangerous precipice,not because of its people, but because of its leadership. The APC has led us into hunger and horror, and now seeks to force another term through the same tunnel of treachery. But a storm is coming. A storm no ballot thief can escape. It will not be powered by bullets, but by ballots. Not by mobs, but by masses. Not by violence, but by vengeance.
Let it be written, let it be remembered: Tinubu’s days in Aso Rock are numbered,not by conspiracies, but by consequence. Not by coups, but by the cry of a betrayed people.
Rigging is not strategy. It is cowardice.
And in 2027, cowardice will no longer carry the day.
This time, rigging will not save him.
Aare Amerijoye DOT.B
Director General
The Narrative Force
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