He highlighted the violence and killings in the various states of the North and slammed the 18 northern governors who support the President, warning that such support for Tinubu is detrimental to the region.

“Tinubu is taking away what the North owned to the Southwest because the North is not resisting. The North is not resisting because the people who should resist have capitulated.

“They are all in his camp now. So who do you expect to say to Tinubu, what you are doing for the North is not good. There is hardly any day now that people are not being killed in the North.

“Out of the 32 governors who are in the All Progressives Congress, APC, 18 of them are from the North. Only one governor, Bauchi state governor, is not in the APC.

“Who is to tell Tinubu that something is wrong with their brother? Please do something in the North. They wouldn’t dare,” he lamented.

The ADC presidential candidate described the Osun election as a test of what Nigerians should expect in the 2027 general elections, urging INEC to ensure a transparent and credible process.

He said, “And to INEC, I say this clearly: Osun is a test. There must be no mysterious glitches. No unexplained delays. No manipulation of the process.

“Election materials must arrive promptly. Accredited voters must be allowed to vote freely. Votes must be counted honestly, and results must be transmitted transparently and in accordance with the law.”

Atiku also urged President Bola Tinubu and his administration to “resist any attempt to use government institutions” to gain partisan advantage.

He further called on security agencies to protect voters rather than intimidate them, stressing that their role should be to secure the electoral process and not create an atmosphere of fear around polling units.

Fadahunsi and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Ifelodun/Boripe/Odo Otin Federal Constituency in the 2027 general elections, Francis Eniade, came under fire on Tuesday for allegedly making threats against Accord Party members ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.

In a video that circulated on social media on Tuesday, Fadahunsi, who spoke in Yoruba, said any Accord member sighted in Ilesa before Saturday, when the election will hold, should be killed.