Nigeria’s Ambassador Designate to South Africa, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, and Ambassador-Designate to Mexico, Mr. Bemigho Reno Omokri, have called on all Nigerians, irrespective of region, religion, and communion, to queue behind President Bola Tinubu’s candidacy in the 2027 Presidential election.
In a joint statement posted on X on Saturday, the duo explained that his reelection would align with the Gentleman’s Agreement, on power rotation between the North and the South that has been in place since 1999.
According to them, President Tinubu has performed well in the areas of infrastructure development and economic reforms, thus deserves a second term to consolidate his achievements.
“We call on all Nigerians, irrespective of region, religion, and communion, to join us and queue behind the present Presidency and future candidacy of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Renewed Hope Agenda, which has seen infrastructural efforts to unite Nigeria, including the ₦15 trillion 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the ₦13 trillion 1068-kilometre Illela-Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, and bridging the gap between the Southeast and the entire North through the 465-kilometre Trans-Saharan Road being constructed at a cost of an estimated $750 million.
“We further affirm that, having completed and made full and unfettered use of two terms of four years, under the Muhammadu Buhari administration, Northern Nigeria, with the support of patriots from Southern Nigeria, had its full, uninterrupted, and undisturbed tenure in this power rotation arrangement. And that, after that tenure, it is the turn of Southern Nigeria to take and retain the baton of power for a commensurate period of time, to wit, two terms of four years each.
“As such, we view it as unpatriotic and inimical to the unity, equilibrium, and progress of Nigeria for anyone to even conceive of power returning to Northern Nigeria after only one term of four years, during which it was domiciled in Southern Nigeria. And not just in Southern Nigeria, but in the specific hands of the man who was the chief architect for the return of power to the North in 2015.
“We are of the opinion that one good turn deserves another and that one good term deserves another,” they said.
The Ambassadors Designate declared that their candidate and choice for the 2027 Presidential Elections is President Bola Tinubu, who, according to them, has in the last three years, delivered 12 cycles of GDP growth and trade surpluses, while adding $67 billion to the economy and making Nigeria the sixth largest contributor to global GDP growth in 2025.
“We urge the political class, to note that the reason Switzerland has been stable, peaceful, and prosperous for the last 211 years is because that Alpine nation wisely introduced power sharing amongst its multiethnic population and has not seen any conflict since 1815, and particularly since 1848 when its power-sharing policy took root.
“If we all extend the right hand of fellowship to President Bola Tinubu, we will, with the help of God, collectively see Nigeria become a $1 trillion economy by 2031,” they said.
