The Attack on Zamfara’s Deputy Governor, Insecurity and the Northern Opposition

There is political tension in the North, particularly in the North-West Zone, a critical electoral stronghold ahead of the 2027 presidential election, where the opposition parties appear determined to ensure President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s defeat. They want to replicate the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, by the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.