Candidates' Profiles
You must be a fighter to be a leader
Published By
Paul Dada
Date
3rd May, 2026
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Nigeria is loaded with a myriad of problems and challenges and requires a man with appetite for problem solving. Nigeria needs a fighter.
By Olufemi Adegbulugbe
Ogwute Peter Obi has confirmed his exit from ADC, with less than 4 months membership and less than 8 months to a presidential election.
Presidential candidate Bola Tinubu was rejected by his political party, APC in 2023.
The incumbent President, Late Buhari did not support him or endorse him at the initial stage.
But Bola Tinubu did not change his political party. He did not move on or run away from political challenges.
He stayed in APC and fought like a wounded lion.
The odds against him were massive.
Virtually all ex-Presidents were against his nomination as presidential candidate but he did not give up.
He stood his ground, rightly or wrongly and emerged victorious.
You cannot be a leader if you arw not a fighter.
Professor Yemi Osinbajo was a fighter in the race to political succession in 2023.
His boss did not endorse him but he was not deterred.
He set aside the tag “Betrayer” and followed his conscience and put Nigeria first.
You simply cannot become a leader if you are not a fighter.
HOW do you solve problems when you run away from problems or move on.
Thomas Edison conducted roughly 1,000 failed experiments to find a working filament for the electric light bulb.Thomas Edison did not move on and that is why we have electric bulb today.
Nigeria is loaded with a myriad of problems and challenges and requires a man with appetite for problem solving. Nigeria needs a fighter.
Jumping from one political party to another every 3 months is not leadership. It is a sign of weakness because there are no easy pathways to the Presidency.
Nigeria does not need opportunistic nomads at this crossroad in our political lithosphere.
We send a confusing message to followers and supporters when we change political parties with thr same frequency we change pants and underwear.
We need a strong opposition AND not a congregation of conspirators to seize political power.
There is a difference between Opposition and Conspiracy to seize power.
Will all the National Assembly members that followed Ogwute to ADC now also move again to NDC.
Is this now a follow-follow movement?
Let it not be said that Tinubu rigged the 2027 presidential election in the likely or unlikely event that he is reelected.
Nigeria needs fighters like DJ Trump, Nelson Mandela, Thomas Edison, Senator OUK, Yemi Osinbajo and Senator Babafemi Ojudu.
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