Aregbesola insists Tinubu will lose 2027 election

Aregbesola insists Tinubu will lose 2027 election

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin

Former Minister of Interior and National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, has said that regardless of the grandstanding of the ruling APC, his party, ADC, will take over the mantle of leadership in Nigeria and in most of the states in the 2027 elections.

The former governor of Osun State said this on Saturday in Ilorin, Kwara State, in an interview with journalists after the official commissioning of the state secretariat of the party along Basin Road, Ilorin.

His words: “If APC is confident of its strength, it won’t be so hyped and charged as to be hounding and hunting opposition all over the place.

“How can we interpret what APC is doing all over Nigeria to us? They are harassing and intimidating every one of our members, not just our leaders but nationwide, be it Lagos, Kebbi, Kaduna.

“If indeed they are confident of the strength they are showcasing, one would expect that they will be so calm but reverse is the case, so what does that tell you?” he queried.

“They themselves know that they are not popular and the party that will harvest their unpopularity is ADC.

“Regardless of the grandstanding by the grace of God, ADC will take over the mantle of leadership in Nigeria and in most of the states,” Aregbesola said.

On the governors joining the ruling APC, he said: “The governors that are going to APC are the enemies of the people and people know this. They are hated, so it’s good riddance to bad rubbish.”

Similarly, the immediate past governor of Kwara State, who dumped PDP to join ADC, Abdulfatah Ahmed, told journalists that his party is prepared to take over the mantle of leadership in the country.

“The party has been prepared and is here to stay. It’s to demonstrate to us that a new dawn has been set in Kwara. And it’s you and me.

“This is the beginning of a new direction in our political experience and we are poised to take over leadership of the country in 2027.”

The former governor also described the unveiling as the beginning of a new political movement in Kwara. “The ADC represents a new direction in our political trajectory. We are building a people-driven platform that will reflect the collective aspirations of Kwarans,” he said.

Also, the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC and former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, lashed out at the opposition PDP, asserting that the party had become politically irrelevant.

“The PDP is a dead party waiting for its formal obituary. The ADC is now the only real opposition in Nigeria,” Abdullahi said, adding that the party’s rising profile in Kwara within three months showed strong grassroots acceptance.

On the state of security, Abdullahi lamented that incessant attacks across rural areas had crippled agricultural productivity. “Government must act decisively to protect farmers and rural dwellers, whose livelihoods are under threat,” he said.

The event attracted political stakeholders, youth groups, and party supporters who described the ADC as a movement capable of redefining governance in Kwara and beyond.

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