{"id":74528,"date":"2025-08-29T11:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74528"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:37:58","slug":"deji-adeyanju-why-ill-pick-tinubu-over-obi-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/29\/deji-adeyanju-why-ill-pick-tinubu-over-obi-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Deji Adeyanju: Why I\u2019ll Pick Tinubu Over Obi in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has explained why he would choose President Bola Tinubu over Peter Obi if both contested the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Channels Television on Friday, Adeyanju said his position was not out of loyalty to the All Progressives Congress (APC), but rooted in his convictions about democracy, tolerance, and political conduct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the opposition presents Peter Obi, I will vote Tinubu. We cannot have a situation where a man\u2019s supporters cannot tolerate criticism. Anybody who doesn\u2019t support their candidate is branded an enemy or accused of being paid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Adeyanju dismissed claims that he was working for the APC, stressing that he had always voted across party lines. \u201cIn 1999, I voted Obasanjo; in 2011 and 2015, Jonathan. In 2023, I voted Omoyele Sowore,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>He accused some of Obi\u2019s supporters of online intimidation during the 2023 elections, citing their attacks on actress Joke Silva and others who backed Tinubu. According to him, such conduct erodes democratic values.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging that Obi\u2019s candidacy initially excited him as an opportunity for the South-East, Adeyanju said his enthusiasm faded due to the behaviour of some supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy opposition to Obi does not mean I support APC. I am just expressing my views as a Nigerian,\u201d he concluded, adding that his activism remains focused on defending democracy and free expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has explained why he would choose President Bola Tinubu over Peter Obi if both contested the 2027 presidential election. Speaking on Channels Television on Friday, Adeyanju said his position was not out of loyalty to the All Progressives Congress (APC), but rooted in his convictions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74528","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=74528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74530,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74528\/revisions\/74530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}