Power Rotation Debate is a Diversion, Says Falana

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has condemned the ongoing debate on power rotation in the country ahead of the 2027 elections.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria described such conversations as a diversion from the country’s real and urgent challenges.

He made this known while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.

Falana said such conversations only serve to distract from more pressing issues like insecurity, hunger, and infrastructure decay.

“I’m not going to join the campaign for power shift or power remaining in one part of the country for four years or eight years. No, that’s diversionary,” he said.

Falana stated that what Nigeria needs is not a fixation on rotational politics or term limits, but a united effort to address the country’s deep-rooted structural problems.

He urged political leaders to focus their energies on policies that directly improve the living conditions of Nigerians, rather than engage in what he described as elite power games that have little bearing on the daily struggles of the population.

Source: Punch