2027: No opposition against Tinubu’s re-election — APC national chairman
Yilwatda premised his conviction on endorsement of the APC Presidential candidate by the leadership of the Accord Party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance and the... The post 2027: No opposition against Tinubu’s…
President Bola Tinubu is widely expected to seek re-election in 2027, and the ruling All Progressives Congress has been positioning itself as the dominant political force ahead of that contest, partly through alliances and defections that have weakened opposition parties since 2023. Several opposition figures and even entire party structures, including factions within the PDP, APGA and smaller parties like Accord, have in recent times either defected to the APC or publicly aligned with Tinubu, feeding the ruling party's narrative of an unbeatable coalition.
APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda's claim that key opposition parties now back Tinubu's re-election bid, alongside the party's rollout of campaign structures such as a diaspora mobilisation strategy, signals the APC's early and aggressive campaign posture nearly two years before the polls. What remains unverified is whether these parties' national leaderships have formally endorsed Tinubu or whether this reflects individual defections and factional support, a distinction that has fuelled disputes in Nigerian politics before. The coverage also leaves open questions about how genuine opposition parties like the PDP and Labour Party — which contested the 2023 election — will respond, and whether this signals an emerging one-party-dominant political landscape or merely pre-election positioning.