Professor Udenta O. Udenta, Director General of the African Writers Institute, has claimed that his prediction about President Bola Tinubu's administration has materialized, stating that the President has effectively entered campaign mode less than two years into his tenure.

Speaking during a Channels Television interview, the Professor of Cultural Studies and Creative Writing referenced the recent wave of defections to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and endorsements of President Tinubu by the political class as evidence of his prediction coming true.

"I predicted in this studio that he will govern for less than two years, and it has happened," Udenta stated. "The defection, the endorsement, the recalibrations will continue in perpetuity, until the election season is upon us."

According to Udenta, these political maneuvers indicate that the President and his party have entered "panic mode" in anticipation of the challenges ahead. He emphasized that the endorsements are coming from the political class rather than ordinary citizens.

A Referendum on Tinubu's Presidency

The literary scholar argued that the upcoming election will serve as a referendum on Tinubu's presidency rather than on former President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.

"This next election will be a referendum, not on Muhammadu Buhari's disastrous presidency, but on his [Tinubu's] own presidency," he said.

Udenta posed a critical question to Nigerians: "Are you better off today than you were two years ago?" He claimed that 90% of Nigerians would answer that they are worse off now, which he described as "the regime's scorecard."

Despite the current political realignments favoring the ruling party, Udenta suggested that opposition to the President remains substantial. "Those who stand against him are massive and many. If you see the fragmentation in the political system and the political order, it will be reconstituted somewhere down the line," he noted.

The professor also commented on the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which he said is "having a violent fight for its life," while acknowledging that the party successfully held its national executive committee meeting against expectations.