YOU ARE TOO OLD TO CONTEST, STEP ASIDE FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE – OYINLOLA TELLS TINUBU, ATIKU

November 6, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar are too old to contest the 2027 presidential election.

Oyinlola stated this on Wednesday while fielding questions in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

According to him, both men should step aside and allow younger Nigerians to take over leadership of the country.

He said, when he was Osun State Governor, he declared that anyone above 50 should not aspire to be a state governor, based on his experience in office.

Oyinlola stressed that Tinubu and Atiku have done their best and should give younger elements the opportunity to lead Nigeria.

“Tinubu and Atiku are too old to contest the 2027 presidency. They should step aside for younger people.

“When I was in Osun, I made a declaration based on my experience in office that anybody above 50 should not aspire to be governor of a state,” Oyinlola said.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.