Nigerians Are Not Worried If Tinubu Will Lose, They Are Worried About What INEC Will Do -Nwaokobia

According to a video on Symfoni Tv on Monday November 9 2026, Professor Chris Mustafa Nwaokobia Jr., Director of Media and Publicity for the Prince Adewole Adebayo Presidential Campaign and National Coordinator of Movement Adebayo for President, has said Nigerians are not worried about whether the incumbent will be defeated in 2027, but about what INEC will do.

Nwaokobia, who was speaking on Nigeria Unfiltered, a Symfoni podcast hosted by Victor Iroele, said every human being wants to live well and be safe, and that is why voters cede their rights to leaders who should provide a better life.

“Very aptly put, Victor,” Nwaokobia said.

“Why are we here? You know, interestingly, in the American Charter of Faith, their Constitution and the Republic’s Declaration of Independence,” he stated.

“They said that God created all men equal and gave us inalienable right to pursuit of what? Happiness, good life and happiness,” he added.

“Now, what is important is understanding that every human being wants to live well,” Nwaokobia said.

“What is important is understanding the fact that humanity wants to be safe,” he stated.

He said when citizens elect leaders through their votes, they cede certain rights to a leader who should provide better life, security, education for their children, and make life much more meaningful.

“What is important is understanding the fact that when you elect leaders through your vote, you have ceded certain of your rights to a leader who should provide better life for you, security for you, education for your children, and make your life much more meaningful,” Nwaokobia said.

He said when a leader fails to do that, such leaders are almost always trumped in a free and fair election.

“And interestingly, when a leader fails to do that, that is why almost always such leaders are trumped in a free and a fair election,” he added.

He said what Nigerians are weary about is not whether the present incumbent will be defeated in 2027, but what INEC will do.

“Let me say this clearly, Victor, that what Nigerians are weary about or bothered about is not whether the present incumbent will be defeated in 2027,” Nwaokobia said.

“It is about what INEC will do,” he stated.

He said he was speaking from the deepest of his soul, and that the APC cannot deny the truism, and the opposition knows it is true.

“And here I speak from the deepest of my soul,” he said.

“Here I know that the APC cannot deny the truism,” Nwaokobia stated.

“Here I know that the opposition knows that it is true,” he added.

He said what Nigerians are worried about is not how defeatable the present failure in charge of Nigeria is, but the conduct of INEC.

“What Nigerians are worried about is not how defeatable the present failure in charge of Nigeria is,” he said.

“What Nigerians are concerned about, and that’s why all eyes are on INEC and his team,” Nwaokobia stated.

“That’s why Nigerians are looking at the voter register,” he added.

“That is why Nigerians are asking questions and telling him to sit up,” he said.

He said that is why there is a sudden rhetoric in Nigeria where the opposition is saying, if you rig, we’ll rig you out, and if you rig, we’ll kill you.

“That is why you see a sudden rhetoric in Nigeria where the opposition is saying, if you rig, we’ll rig you out. If you rig, we’ll kill you,” Nwaokobia said.

“And very unfortunately, it’s not beautiful for our democracy,” he stated.

He said the nuances and body language of INEC is saying, like he who pays the piper calls the tune, as if it will do the bidding of the man who appointed him.

“But it is because the nuances and the body language of INEC is saying, like he who pays the piper calls the tune,” he said.

“It’s like saying that I’m going to do the bidding of the man who appointed me,” Nwaokobia added.

He said the truth about the relationship between hunger, want, economic failure and elections is simple.

“But the truth is, just like you asked, what is the relationship between hunger, between want, between economic failure and elections?” he said.

“And the simple answer is that people will vote out leaders who fail to make their lives better,” Nwaokobia declared.

He maintained that Nigerians will vote out any leader who fails to make their lives better, if INEC allows their votes to count.

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