The South-West Coordinator of the Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement (GHSM), Alhaji Abass Olaniyi, has rejected Reno Omokri’s appeal for the South-West and North to rally behind President Bola Tinubu in 2027, insisting the region would not “reward monumental failure with another mandate.”
Omokri had urged the two regions to support Tinubu’s re-election, comparing it to the North’s backing of former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 despite widespread criticism of his performance. He claimed Tinubu expanded Nigeria’s GDP and initiated infrastructure projects in the North.
But Olaniyi, in a strongly worded statement, accused Omokri of “political deception and manipulation,” stressing that governance should be about competence, not “ethnic reciprocity or emotional blackmail.”
“Our people are too politically conscious to reward hunger, poverty, and economic collapse with fresh endorsement,” he said.
He pointed to what he described as the catastrophic economic record of the APC-led government, noting that Nigeria’s GDP had plunged from over $570 billion in 2014 to below $300 billion, with soaring inflation, unemployment, and poverty.
Olaniyi dismissed Tinubu’s touted GDP growth as “a mirage created by currency devaluation that leaves Nigerians poorer than ever,” adding, “Nigerians don’t eat GDP statistics; they eat food, and under Tinubu food is unaffordable.”
Positioning Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim as the South-West’s alternative, Olaniyi described him as a credible leader with the vision, global experience, and economic acumen to unite North and South on fairness and competence.
“The South-West cannot tie its destiny to a sinking ship. Across Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Ekiti, the conversation is already tilting towards Gbenga Hashim. He represents the hope and new beginning that Nigeria desperately needs,” he declared.
Olaniyi urged Northern leaders to resist divisive appeals and instead align with genuine progressive forces determined to rescue Nigeria from years of misrule.
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