The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, presidential candidate, Donald Duke, has likened President Bola Tinubu to a “lion with horns”, warning opposition parties against attempting to defeat the incumbent without first forming a united front ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Duke, a former governor of Cross River State, said Tinubu’s political strength makes him a particularly formidable opponent, insisting that opposition parties must put aside their differences and work together if they hope to remove him from office in 2027.
In an interview with Symfoni TV, the PRP presidential candidate also warned that the political system naturally gives an advantage to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate.
According to Duke: “We can’t compare ourselves to China; even if the APC did nothing, they are the party in power. If there is a problem on that day, the IG of Police will not go to any of the candidates, but to the president, so everything is in favour of the incumbent; respect that.
“The only way you can seriously tackle the incumbent is to come together and have a voice; otherwise we will be factionalised. So when you talk of rigging, I think we are rigging it against ourselves, and because of our ego, we need to come together.
“Bola Tinubu is not an average politician. You don’t go to fight a lion who also has horns. Can you imagine a lion with horns? It is already a dangerous animal. Then you now give it horns, and you say go and fight it with a knife and fork. You will be the dinner.”
