{"id":361927,"date":"2025-08-05T21:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=361927"},"modified":"2025-08-05T21:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:48:14","slug":"nothing-wrong-with-opposing-tinubus-re-election-he-didnt-support-obasanjos-second-term-bid-waziri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/05\/nothing-wrong-with-opposing-tinubus-re-election-he-didnt-support-obasanjos-second-term-bid-waziri\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing wrong with opposing Tinubu&#8217;s re-election, he didn&#8217;t support Obasanjo&#8217;s second term bid \u2013 Waziri"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Waziri, who stated that there is nothing wrong with Nigerians opposing Tinubu\u2019s second term bid, noted that Tinubu himself once kicked against his fellow southerner, former President Olusegun Obasanjo<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri, has said people who are against the re-election of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/05\/tinubu-handing-over-nigerias-resources-to-cronies-his-policies-have-decimated-middle-class-falana\/\">Bola Tinubu<\/a> should not be vilified.<\/p>\n<p>Waziri, who stated that there is nothing wrong with Nigerians opposing Tinubu\u2019s second term bid, noted that Tinubu himself once kicked against his fellow southerner, former President Olusegun Obasanjo.<\/p>\n<p>Waziri, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made this known while speaking on Trust Television, dismissing narratives that opposition to Tinubu is fuelled by ethnic or regional bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2003, all the governors in the South West endorsed President Obasanjo. But Tinubu led the vanguard to reject it, despite Obasanjo being a southerner like him,\u201d Waziri said.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that Nigerians have the right to vote out leaders who are not performing, regardless of where they come from.<\/p>\n<p>He said Tinubu opposed Obasanjo based on principle, and the same standard should now apply to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knew that between 1999 and 2003, the Obasanjo administration earned public trust through visible development, improved security and national unity,\u201d Waziri said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that under Obasanjo\u2019s leadership, Nigeria recovered from the damage of military rule and efforts were made to promote unity between the North and South.<\/p>\n<p>Waziri said comparing Tinubu\u2019s government to Obasanjo\u2019s only exposes the failures of the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are doing today by resisting Tinubu is justified. He must be judged by his performance, not by regional claims or sentiments,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He urged opposition parties and the general public to remain united in holding the Tinubu administration accountable ahead of the 2027 elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waziri, who stated that there is nothing wrong with Nigerians opposing Tinubu\u2019s second term bid, noted that Tinubu himself once kicked against his fellow southerner, former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Former Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri, has said people who are against the re-election of President Bola Tinubu should not be vilified. 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