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PRP Convention: Party Accuses Tinubu Administration of Entrenching Autocracy Ahead of 2027 Elections

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"BkB1CCgy" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The People’s Redemption Party &lpar;PRP&rpar; has accused the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of undermining democratic institutions and steering Nigeria toward what it described as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dominant party autocracy” ahead of the 2027 general elections&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Lc4lQEo5" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The allegations were made during the PRP 2026 National Primaries and Convention held Saturday at the Kano Press Centre in Kano State&comma; where party leaders and delegates gathered to elect representatives and outline the party’s political direction for the next electoral cycle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at the convention&comma; the National Chairman of PRP-Vanguard&comma; Comrade Abdulmajid Yakubu Daudu&comma; said Nigeria’s democracy was under serious threat due to what he termed increasing state-sponsored political manipulation&comma; weakening opposition parties&comma; and the erosion of institutional independence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Addressing party members&comma; Daudu described the convention as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a people-driven democratic process” aimed at strengthening internal democracy and reaffirming the PRP’s ideological roots as a socialist-oriented party committed to the interests of the masses&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"KWBIU1zO" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The PRP remains the authentic party of the talakawa&comma;” he declared&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Politics must remain a vehicle for public service and not a private enterprise for political merchants and members of the ruling elite&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Daudu noted that the PRP&comma; which he described as Nigeria’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;oldest surviving socialist party&comma;” had survived military suppression and political sabotage over the years&comma; but was still facing attempts by &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;mercenary politicians” to hijack the party for personal and political gain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He alleged that the ruling class had systematically infiltrated opposition parties in a bid to weaken resistance and establish one-party dominance in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today nearly all non-regime political parties are battling with mercenaries acting as willing tools of government to subvert and weaken the collective opposition&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nigeria has receded from democratic consolidation into the enthronement of autocracy under dominant party rule&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PRP chairman accused the ruling All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar; of placing itself above the law and reducing democratic institutions to extensions of executive power&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the legislature now functions &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;as an appendage of the executive&comma;” while the judiciary is increasingly viewed as pliant to government interests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He further warned that the weakening of democratic institutions posed a serious threat to national security and the survival of the Fourth Republic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The degeneration of governance is the biggest threat to the survival of the country&comma;” Daudu stated&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Once public institutions collapse under political manipulation&comma; democracy becomes a farce&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PRP also linked the country’s worsening insecurity and economic hardship to corruption&comma; poor governance&comma; and lack of accountability among political leaders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Daudu criticized anti-corruption agencies such as the EFCC and ICPC&comma; describing them as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;toothless and impotent&comma;” while alleging that public office holders continue to enrich themselves without consequences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The party called on Nigerians to resist oppression and political injustice&comma; invoking the slogan &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We no go gree” and the Hausa phrase &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mun ki&comma;” meaning &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;we refuse&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As part of its resolutions&comma; the PRP demanded&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; An end to what it called dominant party autocracy&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Immediate registration of qualified political associations by INEC&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; A living wage for workers&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Reduction in the rising cost of living&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Fairer petroleum pricing&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Re-nationalisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company &lpar;NNPC&rpar;&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Greater transparency in Nigeria’s foreign security agreements&semi; and<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Renewed regional security cooperation with Alliance of Sahel States &lpar;AES&rpar; countries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The party also expressed doubts about the credibility of the 2027 general elections&comma; alleging that the electoral process was already skewed in favour of the ruling party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By all indications&comma; the 2027 elections are already rigged&comma;” Daudu claimed&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;An election cannot be credible where the process itself is manipulated to favour those in power&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He accused the Independent National Electoral Commission &lpar;INEC&rpar; of failing to demonstrate sufficient independence&comma; while also criticizing mainstream opposition politicians for what he described as opportunistic political maneuvering ahead of the next election cycle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite its concerns&comma; the PRP said it would continue mobilising Nigerians around issues of social justice&comma; economic equality&comma; and democratic accountability&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The convention closes with the election of party representatives who&comma; according to the leadership&comma; would serve as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;foot soldiers in the continued struggle for freedom&comma; social justice&comma; and development in Nigeria&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; 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