Dare Glintstone Akinniyi, spokesperson for the New Democratic Frontiers (NDF), has explained why it would be difficult for President Bola Tinubu to win the 2027 presidential election.

Legit.ng reported that former Kaduna state governor Nasir el-Rufai, in an interview, claimed that President Tinubu would finish third in the 2027 elections and predicted that Tinubu would not make it to the runoff.

According to El-Rufai, who was once a prominent campaigner for Tinubu, the president’s current political trajectory lacked a viable path to victory.

Speaking with Legit.ng on Tuesday, September 2, Dare Glintstone Akinniyi backed El-Rufai's prediction. The analyst told Legit.ng that: "El-Rufai was a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and campaigned for President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election, but now has Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi as his current strongest coalition allies.

He is now one of the leaders of a new coalition named African Democratic Congress (ADC), which wants to dislodge Tinubu’s APC in 2027.

"His recent interview shows he is ready to demarket the APC [his former party] in the North and this is in alignment with what he has been saying for a while. He is saying President Tinubu won't have a chance come next election probably APC will lose woefully, going by the mood of the country at the moment.

"Realistically, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is very correct with his prediction turned assumption. It will be easier for the camel to go through the eye of a needle than President Tinubu winning his re-election bid in 2027.

"So, Tinubu not being on the ballot by El-Rufai is just literally saying the president won't have a space to be the winner and will come distance third."