A widely shared post on Wednesday 23 September 2026 asked why some Nigerians still wait for religious instruction before choosing a candidate with the 2027 elections approaching.
The post featured a video of a northern Islamic cleric speaking in Hausa. On screen text read Da yake kai Tinkiya ne meaning since you are a sheep. A graphic at the bottom carried the words Tinubu Must Go. The clip lasted about 90 seconds.
The same post set out two price jumps felt across households. A litre of petrol that once sold for about 200 naira now sells for 1400 naira in many cities. A whole pack of spaghetti that once sold for 900 naira now sells for 15000 naira.
The writer Arewa Source said anyone still unable to decide after those changes might as well vote for a goat.
Market checks this month support the fuel figure. Petrol has climbed toward and past 1400 naira a litre in Lagos Abuja Kano Port Harcourt and several northern cities after the Dangote refinery raised its wholesale gantry price and after global crude costs rose. Some northern stations have sold as high as 1480 or 1500 naira a litre. Diesel has moved even higher.
Pasta prices have moved with the same pressure. Cartons of popular brands that once sat near 900 naira now sit around 15000 naira and above in many shops. Single 500 gram packs that used to be cheap now cost well over 1000 naira.
The rise has pushed up the cost of transport food school runs and small trade. Drivers say a day’s fuel bill has doubled or more compared with earlier years. Traders say the cost of moving goods from farms and ports keeps lifting shelf prices.
The 2027 general elections are less than six months away. Voter turnout has fallen in recent cycles and many citizens say they no longer believe their vote changes much. Religious leaders have been holding meetings and issuing public positions while some face claims that money changed hands for endorsements.
The cleric argued that the price of fuel and food should already guide a voter without waiting for a northern Islamic cleric to name a candidate.
It landed as petrol again edged toward 1400 naira a litre in several states and as food costs remained high even after a slight easing in official inflation figures.
Households now spend far more of their income on the same litre of fuel and the same carton of spaghetti than they did a few years ago. That gap is the point placed before anyone still looking to a cleric for a voting instruction.
