The Sun learned from Senator Shehu Sani, a human rights activist and public commentator, that Atiku Abubakar and his allies planned to depose President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 elections. Atiku recently visited former President Muhammadu Buhari in Sallah, which seemed like a big political move; this information follows. Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku, along with other Northern elites, was escorted. Sani noted that Northern political figures are showing signs of increasing unity, which might be seen as a concerted effort to regain control of the presidency.
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In his analysis, Sani highlighted the worsening economic situation that existed under Tinubu's administration. While he acknowledged that Buhari had made life difficult for Nigeria, he claimed that Tinubu had made matters even worse. The previous administration's unsustainable economic policies, according to Sani, are to blame for this slump. He continued by claiming that Buhari's administration has used fiscal policies aimed in the short term to mask deeper economic issues. According to him, these band-aid solutions have actually made things worse under Tinubu's leadership. According to Sani, the appearance of economic stability was created by injecting dollars to prop up the naira and using the currency to stabilize oil prices. He said that there aren't enough funds to sustain this level of support, hence the plan would fail.
The depletion of these funds has made the underlying economic problems more obvious, and as a result, many Nigerians are now suffering. The country's financial difficulties needed to be investigated, thus he insisted on rethinking these economic policies. Rather of focusing on immediate issues, he advocated for policies with a longer time horizon that would build the economy. Sani continued by saying that the economic crisis has political implications, which means that Atiku and his followers can take advantage of the current government's troubles.
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"Under Buhari, we were only delaying the inevitable by throwing money at our problems," he said in an interview with The Sun. President Tinubu is now the target of all our long-suppressed frustrations. If we keep injecting them, we would run out of money to prop up the naira. In a same vein, persistent devaluation of the naira will lead to an insufficient supply of the currency to maintain stable oil prices.