Donald Duke, presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has said President Bola Tinubu’s administration has exposed what he described as the weakness of the political structure behind the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), warning that economic hardship could significantly shape the 2027 presidential election.
Duke spoke on Monday night during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he was asked whether Tinubu was politically stronger in 2026 than he was when he won the 2023 presidential election.
The former Cross River State governor disagreed, arguing that the economic difficulties Nigerians have experienced under the administration had weakened the goodwill and sympathy that accompanied Tinubu into office.
“I don’t think so, I think his governance has exposed the weakness of the contraption called APC. I don’t think he has the sympathies he had in 2023,” Duke said.
BusinessDay reports that Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election amid a three-way contest involving Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The fragmentation of the opposition vote has since become a major reference point in discussions over how to unseat the president in 2027.
