By Augustine Akhilomen
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A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Dino Melaye, has advised the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), president Bola Tinubu to start packing his belongings out of Aso Rock because Nigerians are ready to vote him out of power in the 2027 election.
In an interview with Arise TV, Melaye stated that Nigerians are tired of the Tinubu’s maladministration and maintained that the 2027 election would provide the people with an opportunity to decide whether the Tinubu administration should remain in office.
He listed hunger, insecurity, rising hardship and what he described as poor governance among the major issues that could influence voters when Nigerians go to the polls.
He expressed confidence in the ADC’s chances, saying the party’s winning strategy was straightforward because Nigerians were ready for a change of government.
“The winning strategy for the ADC is very simple. The people are with us. The people are tired of maladministration.
“They are tired of lies. They are tired of borrowing. They are tired of three budgets in three successions not being implemented.
“For example, you say you borrowed money to run the budget. You have borrowed the money. You have collected the money. But the budget has not been run.
“The budget has not been funded. Contracts awarded in 2024 have not been paid for. You are still implementing the 2024 budget in 2026.
“So I am telling you that this enchantment, the hunger in the land, the insecurity in the land, the killings in the land, the stealing, overstealing that is going on in the land already have shown and demonstrated that there is a complete disconnect between the people and government,” he said.
“But under Tinubu administration, people are afraid of government because they are so brazen, they are so wicked, they are so nonchalant, they don’t give a damn. You have a president that have come out on air to tell the whole world that all is fair in politics. Rigging is fair in politics. Violence is fair in politics. Ballot snatching is fair in politics.
“And I’m telling you that the results will tell in January. The president and his family members should begin to pack their luggage and things from the villa, including those in the boys’ quarters of the villa, because there will be a change of government,” he said.
Melaye resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party in July 2025 and joined the ADC, after previously serving as spokesperson for the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
He has since become one of the ADC’s most vocal figures, pursuing legal challenges on the party’s behalf and clashing publicly with the Independent National Electoral Commission.