A former Governor of Edo State and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Chief John Oyegun, says the economic hardship following the removal of petrol subsidy is strengthening support for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2027 election.
Oyegun, in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, said Atiku’s proposal for a production-based intervention in the petroleum sector was increasingly resonating with Nigerians frustrated by rising transportation, food and living costs.
According to him, millions of Nigerians are now receptive to Atiku’s position because they have yet to feel the benefits of the subsidy removal announced by President Bola Tinubu in May 2023.
“Millions of Nigerians are receiving his message of subsidy reversal with a strong sense of conviction. As a former vice president, he will run a stable government because he has seen it all.
“He will be coming into government from the position of experience and he will take another look at the subsidy policy because three years after its removal, nothing has changed,” Oyegun said.
