A national leader of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has urged President Bola Tinubu to resign ahead of the 2027 general elections, citing worsening insecurity and what he described as the government’s inability to protect lives and property across the country.
Baba-Ahmed, a former presidential aide, made the call on Thursday, June 4, during an appearance on Arise Television’s Morning Show, where he argued that Nigeria’s security situation had deteriorated to unacceptable levels.
He said the President had lost control of the escalating security crisis and accused the administration of downplaying the severity of the situation.
“It’s clear Tinubu has no handle on the escalating menace. Everything that needed to be said by the media, National Assembly, and civil societies have been said, but Tinubu and his supporters believe that this is a problem that we can live with.
“They suggested it by their body language, everywhere they can and children are stolen, every inch of Nigeria is now vulnerable.
“In a civilized society, Tinubu’s record on insecurity should have cost him his seat a long time ago, it’s not too late to say that President Tinubu should resign. If you check what he’s doing between now and the election, we don’t even need to wait, we will reject him.”
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He insisted that his position was not driven by partisanship or confrontation but by concern over governance and national safety.
“Do we need to wait until more children and the country is overrun by criminality? The position that Tinubu should resign, there is nothing wrong or partisan or confrontation in that statement.
“In a democratic setting, the President performs two basic tasks, one is to protect the citizens and the other is to protect the means.
“Now Tinubu has failed to protect anybody, again, like I said, every part of Nigeria is now vulnerable. Children and toddlers in school are being stolen, what do you say to a president who has failed?
“Sir you cannot run this country so please step down. It’s not a party thing, it’s not a confrontational thing but the right thing to do,” he added.
His comments come amid heightened national concern over insecurity, particularly the spate of school kidnappings and attacks across several states.