2027: ‘Nigeria Has Seen This Movie Before’ – APC Predicts Collapse Of Anti-Tinubu Coalition

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed ongoing opposition coalition moves against President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, predicting that the alliance will collapse under the weight of internal contradictions and personal ambitions.

The party said the coalition lacked cohesion, ideological clarity and mutual trust, describing it as an unstable arrangement driven largely by power struggles among serial presidential aspirants.

Speaking in a statement on Thursday, the APC Spokesman in Lagos State, Seye Oladejo, said what was being paraded as a coalition was nothing more than a gathering of politicians unwilling to sacrifice personal ambition for collective purpose.

According to him, “What is being marketed as a coalition is, in reality, a congregation of serial presidential aspirants, each unwilling to subordinate ego to collective purpose.”

Oladejo added that the alliance lacked any shared ideology or national vision beyond the quest for power.

“From the outset, this assemblage has lacked ideological glue, moral cohesion, or a shared vision for Nigeria beyond a desperate fixation on power,” he said.

The APC spokesman said public ultimatums and preconditions issued by opposition leaders had further exposed deep-seated divisions within the coalition.

He noted that demands for guaranteed presidential or vice-presidential tickets had replaced dialogue and consensus-building.

“Recent public posturing has further exposed the fault lines. Pre-conditions, ultimatums, and thinly veiled threats have replaced dialogue and consensus,” Oladejo said.

According to him, when leading figures insist on automatic tickets before alignment, it shows the coalition is transactional rather than strategic.

“When leading figures openly demand guaranteed presidential or vice-presidential tickets before ‘alignment’, it becomes clear that this is not a partnership but a transactional bargain destined to collapse at first contact with reality,” he added.

‘A House Divided Against Itself’

Oladejo further said appeals by opposition leaders urging their supporters to stop attacking one another underscored worsening internal hostility.

He described the situation as evidence of a coalition already struggling with internal peace even before any formal structure had been established.

“We now hear appeals to supporters and sympathisers of various aspirants to refrain from attacking one another while simultaneously promoting their respective interests,” he said.

“This is a classic case of a house divided against itself, where internal hostility has become so intense that public pleas for restraint are issued even before any meaningful structure is formed.”

He added, “A coalition that must beg its own followers for peace has already conceded defeat to its internal chaos.”

Nigeria Has Seen This Movie Before, The Ending Is Always Same

The APC spokesman warned that the presence of multiple power centres within the same platform would weaken decision-making and ultimately doom the alliance.

He said history had shown that coalitions built on convenience rather than conviction rarely survive.

“The presence of multiple power centres within the same tent, each convinced of its own inevitability, renders the project unsustainable,” Oladejo said.

“History is unkind to coalitions built on convenience rather than conviction, on arithmetic rather than ideology. Nigeria has seen this movie before, and the ending is always the same: fragmentation, recrimination, and implosion.”

While dismissing the opposition’s efforts, Oladejo said the APC remained focused on governance and consolidating the gains of the Renewed Hope Agenda under President Tinubu.

According to him, the ruling party has demonstrated the capacity to manage diversity and resolve internal differences through democratic processes.

“The APC remains a tested platform with a proven capacity to manage diversity, resolve internal differences through established democratic processes, and present a coherent governance agenda,” he said.

“While the opposition rehearses discord and manufactures outrage, the APC is focused on governance, reforms, and consolidating the gains of the Renewed Hope Agenda under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

Oladejo maintained that elections are won through performance, structure and national vision, not fragile alliances.

He expressed confidence that Nigerians would opt for stability and continuity in the 2027 general elections.

“As the countdown to 2027 continues, the question before the opposition is no longer whether to form a coalition, but whether such a coalition can survive its own contradictions,” he said.

“The signs are unmistakable: what looms is not a formidable alternative, but an impending implosion.”