27.3.2026
Former Senate president, Bukola Saraki has dismissed speculations he has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for re-election in 2027.
Saraki was reacting to insinuations by Demola Olarenwaju an aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, that Saraki with his recent remarks on power rotation has indirectly endorsed President Tinubu. Saraki had said that the South should be allowed to complete its eight years tenure.
But in a statement Friday by Yusuph Olaniyonu on behalf of the Saraki Media Office, rejected the claim and insisted that the former Senate President’s position had been clearly and deliberately stated.
According to him, it was wrong to interpret Saraki’s comment that the South should be allowed to complete eight years in office as an endorsement of any individual.
According to him, Saraki had made it clear during his interview on Channels Television that when the time comes to support a candidate, he would do so openly and without ambiguity.
“He is not someone who will say A in the afternoon and do B in the night. Nor does he speak in coded terms”, he said, adding that Saraki has always stood firmly by his convictions regardless of political consequences.
The media office further noted that Saraki’s position on zoning was not new, recalling that he was among key stakeholders who supported the decision of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South.
He said Saraki expressed the belief that by 2031, the presidency should rotate back to the North, leaving no ambiguity about the region’s turn to produce the next president at that time.
Saraki, a former governor of Kwara State and a key figure within the PDP, remains one of the influential voices in the party, with his eventual stance expected to carry weight as the opposition prepares for the next electoral cycle.