Buba Galadima, a prominent figure in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has alleged that the Federal Government is already scheming to manipulate the 2027 general elections.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Galadima declared that the NNPP is prepared to resist and “teach the government a lesson” when Nigerians head to the polls.
He said, “What is going on is very easy, what this government is planning is to rig election in 2027.”
When pressed on how he came to that conclusion, Galadima pointed to the government’s conduct, saying, “From their antics, they say it. When they go to a governor to ask him to decamp, if you don’t decamp we will take away the power from you not that we will get you to be voted out. That’s what they do and they don’t understand.”
The NNPP stalwart also lamented what he described as the lack of real politicians in the country, arguing that opportunists dominate the political space. Despite decades of involvement, he said he has never won an elective position because he is seen as a “bad politician” within Nigeria’s political culture.
On the recent by-elections conducted in 13 states, Galadima accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of breaching the law.
“I want to make a very important issue out of this by-election. All of them were conducted illegally by INEC,” he asserted.
According to him, the constitution mandates INEC to conduct by-elections within three months of a vacancy, yet some of the recent contests were held nearly two years later. He argued that such elections risk being nullified if challenged in court.