Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- As Nigerians gear up to launch into another season of politicking, and sides are being formed, the Imo State Director of City Boy Movement, Paschal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, has recanted on his stand regarding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's chances at the polls come 2027.

In November 2025, Cubana Chief Priest shared his thoughts on the sentencing of Biafran agitator Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment for terrorism.

In a message to the president, Chief Priest said that as long as Mr Kanu remains in jail, he cannot get up to 10,000 votes in the South-East come 2027.

"I will not lie to you, Papa; as a friend of your government, I have no reason to whitewash you. MNK is the supreme leader of the South-East.

"His...