Zainab Galadima, daughter of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) chieftain Buba Galadima, has expressed that President Bola Tinubu could get as little as 30 percent of votes from the northern region in the 2027 presidential election.
Zainab spoke on the “Mic On” podcast hosted by Channels Television journalist Seun Okinbaloye. She described the 2027 election as likely to be Tinubu’s most difficult political challenge yet.
“Honestly, I don’t have good reviews (from northerners about Tinubu). It’s really bad. Tinubu may get, maybe, 30 percent or less,” she said.
“It’s going to be worse than the 2023 elections. The chances of Tinubu winning the 2027 election is going to be the toughest battle that he will ever see.
“It’s going to be the toughest because this coalition, as much as I don’t understand what they are doing, but anybody that sees them knows that we need to sit up,” she added.
Zainab previously worked as a technical assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the office of the vice-president during the first term of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Meanwhile, her father, Buba Galadima, in a different platform, also commented on the emerging opposition coalition. He described it as a positive development for Nigeria’s democracy.
He urged Nigerians who care about the Nigeria’s future to support the alliance. He stated that the opposition coalition deserves public backing given the current state of affairs.
The coalition, which recently adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its platform and unveiled a new leadership structure, aims to mount a strong challenge against Tinubu in the next presidential election in 2027.
Prominent figures in the coalition include former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi; former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai; former Senate, President David Mark, and others.
