Ambassadors Designate Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) and Reno Omokri have urged Nigerians to re-elect President Bola Tinubu for a second term in the 2027 presidential election. The two made the call on Saturday in a post shared on Fani-Kayode's official X account, stating that their candidate for 2027 is President Tinubu.
In the post, they said: 'In view of recent political events, it has become necessary and expedient for us, Ambassadors Designate Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and Mr. Bemigho Reno Omokri, to state categorically that we believe it is in the best interest of the stability, unity, and prosperity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and in keeping with the Gentleman’s Agreement, which ushered in our Fourth Republic in 1999, after sixteen years of turbulence and political instability, for there to be a balanced and orderly rotation of power in Nigeria, between the North and the South.'
They further affirmed that Northern Nigeria, with the support of patriots from Southern Nigeria, had its full tenure under the Muhammadu Buhari administration, and that it is now the turn of Southern Nigeria to retain power for two terms. They view any attempt to return power to the North after only one term as unpatriotic and inimical to Nigeria's unity and progress.
FFK and Reno also highlighted Tinubu's role as the chief architect of the return of power to the North in 2015, stating that one good turn deserves another. They cited President Tinubu's achievements, including 12 cycles of GDP growth, trade surpluses, adding $67 billion to the economy, and making Nigeria the sixth largest contributor to global GDP growth in 2025.
They called on all Nigerians to support the present presidency and future candidacy of President Tinubu and the Renewed Hope Agenda, which has seen infrastructural projects like the ₦15 trillion 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the ₦13 trillion 1068-kilometre Illela-Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, and the $750 million 465-kilometre Trans-Saharan Road.
'If we all extend the right hand of fellowship to President Bola Tinubu, we will, with the help of God, collectively see Nigeria become a $1 trillion economy by 2031,' they stated. They concluded by saying that re-electing President Tinubu is a task that must be done, adding: 'May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and may Nigeria prosper under President Bola Tinubu.'
