The campaign organisation of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), has accused President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of stifling electoral competition, freedom of dissent and institutional accountability, in Nigeria, which the party said, was even reported in the 2026 Human Rights Foundation Tyranny Tracker.
Director, Strategic Communications of the Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation (MDPCO), Richard Ihediwa, in a statement, noted that under President Tinubu, democracy and rule of law, freedom, justice, due process, transparency and respect for the rights of citizens have eroded the country.
The party said Nigeria is sliding into an authoritarian regime.
“President Tinubu’s words strike like the oppressor’s whip. His latest inflexible response to suffering Nigerians, coupled with his ill-considered reference to Egypt, sends a clear message.
“A leader who relentlessly chastised the people with whips for over three years cannot but resort to scorpions if allowed to continue beyond 2027,” MDPCO warned.
The campaign organisation alleged that the president seemed to be happy seeing Nigerians struggling in poverty and misery, when it lies in his hands to bring succor by rescinding the harsh policies.
MDPCO said Tinubu’s policies and his allusion to Egypt, made Nigerians to regard his administration to that of a “modern-day Pharaoh” under whose rule Nigeria has become a land of bondage.
“This explains why the APC government continues to arrogantly impose harsh taxes and remain unaccountable while the people agonise,” the opposition party stated.
According to the APM, Tinubu’s economy has left millions of families at the mercy of hunger and disease.
“Scenes of desperate Nigerians scavenging through dustbins and most times fighting at events for food become increasingly common, even in major cities across the country.
“Across Nigeria, soaring food costs, transport fares and rents have turned survival into a Sisyphean struggle.
“Salaries have lost their purchasing power, the healthcare sector is struggling under inadequate funding, and rising unemployment has condemned millions of young Nigerians to uncertainty,” the MDPCO said.
