Posted by Chinenye on Thu 11th Jun, 2026 - tori.ng
A senior member of the ruling All Progressives Congress has pushed back against growing opposition calls for President Bola Tinubu to step down, insisting that resignation is off the table and that only Nigerians at the ballot box will determine his fate.
(Farouk Aliyu. Photo Credit; Fact Checks News)
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Farouk Aliyu, has said that President Bola Tinubu does not have to resign.
Speaking during an interview on a television programme on Thursday, Aliyu said Nigerians should be allowed to decide Tinubu's fate at the polls come 2027, while reacting to calls by the opposition demanding the President's resignation.
He described such calls as a normal feature of opposition politics.
"The President does not have to resign. Nigerians should decide at the polls. Actually, the work of the opposition is exactly what they are doing, so I guess they are doing well by asking the president to throw in the towel.
"We used to be in opposition, and we have called on former presidents when we were in the opposition for them to resign as well.
"So it's part of what they should do, and we like it by them calling on the president to resign, but then the decision will ultimately be with the people of this country.
"Agreed, there are economic, security, and other challenges, but we are doing our best to ensure these things don't continue," he said.