I’ve attended coalition meetings — I may leave APC if Tinubu can’t fix things – Ndume

Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, says he may exit the All Progressives Congress (APC) if President Bola Tinubu fails to fix things in the country.

Speaking on “Prime Time”, an Arise Television programme, Ndume, who has been critical of the president of late, said he has attended several meetings of the opposition leaders seeking to form a coalition to unseat Tinubu in 2027.

The senator said he has remained hesitant to join the coalition with a belief that Tinubu can fix Nigeria.

“I’m aware of the opposition coalition. I went to several of their meetings. I still believe this president can fix these things, but failure might cause me to move. The overloaded ship will sink,” Ndume said.

“They have been making overtures, but I told them I don’t want to jump from the frying pan into the fire. I have to be sure.

“I believe that Tinubu can be a successful president; that was my expectation, but if he continues this way, that ship, whether you load in other people or governors, you are just endangering the APC, pushing it towards capsizing,” he said.

“As the president said, there is a vacancy in the ship. But if you overload the ship, it will probably capsize, and if it capsizes, you lose everybody.”

Ndume criticised the motivations behind some defections to the ruling APC, describing them as driven by “indirect stick-and-carrot politics” rather than principles.

“Most people are not joining based on principles but due to the indirect stick-and-carrot politics. And that is not healthy at all,” he added.