Political tantrums were thrown on Thursday night as NNPP chieftain Buba Galadima issued a blunt warning to the ruling All Progressives Congress, declaring that Nigerians could unleash their anger at the ballot box in 2027 if hardship and insecurity continue.
Appearing on Politics Today, Galadima dismissed assertions that living conditions have improved and accused the government of ignoring rising frustration across the country.
“Look at young men in Kano who go to the radio to make an opinion. They have been arrested and sent to jail. Sometimes tried in the night by judges who are forced to jail them,” he said.
He cautioned that early signs of discontent should not be taken lightly.
“This, now things start small, small. You don’t know how they can blossom and become something else. They shouldn’t play. They shouldn’t presume that Nigerians are gullible and that they cannot react,” he said.
Throwing it back to 2015, Galadima reminded the ruling party how former president Goodluck Jonathan was voted over insecurity concerns.
“They should remember, and they know better, that when things got to less than 10 per cent of the situation we find ourselves in in 2015, Nigerians rose to the occasion and removed that government,” he said.
“If you can remove Jonathan’s government for a simple insecurity in the Northeast, what would you be doing to the APC government? I think we have to cut them into pieces,” Galadima added.
The outspoken politician accused the Federal Government of crippling agriculture through high fertiliser costs and heavy grain importation.
“This government has killed agriculture deliberately, disenfranchising farmers who are 75 per cent of the Nigerian population. You have to buy a bag of fertiliser for 60,000 naira to 70,000 naira,” he said.
Questioning the administration’s economic optimism, he added, “How can you disenfranchise 75 per cent of your population for the interest of one contractor or one supporter? The massive importation of grains,” he said.
Recalling a recent visit to Maiduguri, Galadima painted a grim picture of declining farming activity.
“Now this year I travelled to Maiduguri… there is nobody doing any dry farming. Let the government send researchers to find out now. If there is no famine, all the rice mills — over 1,000 of them established during Buhari’s time — will be killed,” he said.
