{"id":73438,"date":"2025-08-17T20:22:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73438"},"modified":"2025-08-17T20:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:22:17","slug":"apc-chieftain-politicians-opposing-tinubu-driven-by-vendetta-not-national-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/17\/apc-chieftain-politicians-opposing-tinubu-driven-by-vendetta-not-national-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Chieftain: Politicians Opposing Tinubu Driven by Vendetta, Not National Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Akwa Ibom State, Otuekong John, has accused politicians opposing President Bola Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid of acting out of personal vendetta rather than genuine concern for Nigeria\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>John, who serves as Director General of the APC Media Network, made the remarks in a statement on Sunday in Uyo titled \u201cNorthern Interest Aligned with President Tinubu\u2019s Re-election Bid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He argued that Tinubu\u2019s achievements in office have earned him a second-term mandate, warning that it would be \u201cna\u00efve and foolhardy\u201d for any Northerner to contest against him in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, after the North held power for eight uninterrupted years under former President Muhammadu Buhari, it is logical for Northern leaders to support Tinubu and wait until 2031 to reclaim the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>John further described Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid as \u201cthe most pragmatic path\u201d to guaranteeing peace and sustaining Nigeria\u2019s rotational power-sharing principle.<\/p>\n<p>He also dismissed claims by some Southern politicians that a single term is enough to transform the country, calling such arguments \u201ca ruse to mislead Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that history has shown that once in power, politicians often abandon such promises to pursue personal interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2027 presidential election is shaping up to be a critical juncture in Nigeria\u2019s democratic journey. Leadership choices must be guided by national stability, not selfish ambition,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Akwa Ibom State, Otuekong John, has accused politicians opposing President Bola Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid of acting out of personal vendetta rather than genuine concern for Nigeria\u2019s development. John, who serves as Director General of the APC Media Network, made the remarks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73440,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73438\/revisions\/73440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}