By Destiny Obinna
The Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation (MDPCO) has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s planned 2027 campaign flag-off in Kaduna State, arguing that insecurity, economic hardship and alleged marginalisation of the North remain major concerns for his administration.
In a statement issued by its Director of Strategic Communications, Richard Ihediwa, the organisation said the rally would not address public grievances over Tinubu’s record, expressing confidence that the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate, Engr. Seyi Makinde, would challenge him in the 2027 election.
The campaign organisation called on Tinubu to account for his administration’s record in the North, recalling his 2022 campaign promise to tackle banditry and kidnapping in Kaduna and other parts of the region.
“Since President Tinubu decided to flag off his 2027 Presidential campaign in Kaduna, the political headquarters of the North, we challenge him to explain what the region has gained from his incompetent and nepotic administration beyond a bumper harvest of bloodshed, crushing economic hardship, broken promises and shattered public trust,” Ihediwa said.
The MDPCO claimed that at least 13,000 people had been killed in northern Nigeria since Tinubu assumed office in 2023, while an estimated 3.7 million people had been displaced.
It also accused the administration of giving greater protection to APC campaign billboards than to vulnerable communities and alleged that the North had been sidelined in strategic federal appointments.
“Under Tinubu, political advertisements appear better protected than human lives,” the organisation said.
The campaign group further argued that Tinubu’s assurance that Northerners would never regret voting for him had been undermined by persistent insecurity and economic hardship, insisting that the region deserved more than campaign promises.
It urged Nigerians to embrace Makinde’s RESET NIGERIA Agenda, saying it believed public dissatisfaction with the administration would have implications for the APC in the 2027 elections.
