If Tinubu wins in 2027, I’ll accept it as Nigerians’ verdict –Dalung

If Tinubu wins in 2027, I’ll accept it as Nigerians’ verdict –Dalung

Solomon Dalung, former minister of sports, says if President Bola Tinubu wins the 2027 presidential election, he will not blame it on the inability of the opposition’s coalition to unite.

Dalung spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today aired on Monday.

Solomon Dalung

The former minister said he would accept Tinubu’s victory as the decision of Nigerians if the president is re-elected in 2027.

“I will accept it as a verdict of Nigerians. It will mean that we are not on the same page with Nigerians as to the issues of the sovereignty of this country,” he said.

“I’m not going to blame it on the coalition, because the coalition is speaking on behalf of the Nigerian people, who have sovereignty, who have the power to determine who governs them.

“So, if they elect Bola Tinubu in 2027 as a democrat, I will accept it as a verdict of the people.”

Dalung’s comments come two weeks after six opposition parties proposed the establishment of a “government of national competence” that would operate for a single four-year transition term ahead of the 2027 general election.

The proposal was made at a summit of opposition political parties organised by G100 in Abuja.

The parties represented at the summit were the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Salihu Lukman, former vice-chairman (north-west) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), presented the proposal at the summit.

He said the proposed government would be anchored on four principles: competence, integrity, national inclusion and fair representation.

The opposition parties also proposed an enforceable transition charter to ensure that participating parties abide by the agreement.

Under the proposed framework, the coalition would establish a central leadership committee, a publicity and communication committee and a legal committee.

It would also create working groups on democratic renewal, the single-term transition charter, national reforms, opposition unity and the selection of a common presidential candidate.