Tinubu’s ex-supporter, Onokpasa, says he’ll remain in APC to work against his re-election

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jesutega Onokpasa has said that President Bola Tinubu has “failed woefully” based on the performance of his administration.

Speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Sunday, Onokpasa warned that Tinubu may end up being a one-term president if he did not improve in his performance.

Onokpasa also wondered why Sheriff Oborevwori, governor of Delta, who he referred to as his cousin, defected to the APC.

The APC chieftain said the governor’s defection to the ruling party does not add any value to the APC or the state.

Onokpasa added that the ruling party should not focus on the defection of opposition politicians into its fold but on good governance.

He said 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.

“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 whole idea of packing people into our party—that is not democracy. The interesting thing is that you must always have opposition because people must disagree. 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.”

Onokpasa said he would not support Tinubu in 2027.

He said: “I’m not leaving my party the APC for anybody including President Tinubu. When we campaigned for him in 2023, he promised to make food cheap, today we cannot deny the high rate of hunger in the land. I will work with APC members, those of us who put Tinubu in office and are dissatisfied with him, to remove him from power.”