2027: Master strategist - Rufai Oseni analyses T.Y. Danjuma's endorsement of Tinubu

Arise Television anchor, Rufai Oseni, has described President Bola Tinubu arsenic a “master strategist” pursuing the endorsement of his re-election bid by erstwhile Defence Minister, General T.Y. Danjuma, retd., and different Christian leaders from the Middle Belt.

Oseni, however, questioned whether the endorsement by influential governmental and spiritual figures would construe into votes for Tinubu successful the 2027 statesmanlike election.

The Morning Show anchor made the remarks connected Monday portion analysing the value of Danjuma's endorsement and the beingness of different salient figures, including erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, astatine the meeting.

He described the endorsement arsenic a affirmative improvement for Tinubu but cautioned that elite enactment did not needfully bespeak the presumption of mean Nigerians.

“Good endorsement for President Tinubu due to the fact that it was not lone T.Y. Danjuma that I saw astatine that meeting; determination were a mates of different Christian leaders successful the Middle Belt and the like,” helium said.

“Good 1 for him, but the question is, volition it trickle down? You see, the happening astir elite endorsement is that elite endorsement gears towards the elites.”

Oseni argued that Nigeria was divided betwixt an elite people that had benefited from authorities patronage and mean ci...