A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and publisher, Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has noted that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is in a hurry to contest the 2027 elections.
According to Momodu, it was already too late for the ruling party because the opposition coalition has caught the ruling party unawares and outplayed them in their own game.
Momodu resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the week and announced he is now a member of the coalition political party, the ADC.
Speaking in an interview on Arise News, Momodu said, “I don’t want to mention names but we all know what’s happening in Nigeria today except those who want to hide behind one finger like Chief Abiola used to say, ‘You cannot hide behind one finger’.
“Since 2022, the PDP has been fighting to stay alive because those who failed the presidential election felt very bad.
“I was one of those who contested and I had zero vote, but I’m proud that in 2011, I was a candidate and I had 26,000 votes nationwide. That will be attached to my resume for the rest of my life.
“So those who lost out from being presidential candidate, from being running mate got angry and everyone tried to pacify them anyway, that has not materialised and all the meetings that are supposed to be held from time to time as a political party none could hold and the ruling party is in a hurry to contest the 2027 elections, if possible, today.
“So, they drove us out. Nobody was ready to be campaigning when Nigeria itself is in disarray and Nigerians are suffering. Nobody is talking about policies or developmental projects. It’s about politics, who will be President and the President must come again from the South.
“So, we then realised that instead of playing catch-up, we must also be on the offensive. We have decided to outplay the APC in their own game, and now they are throwing tantrums.
“We all know what the APC is capable of doing…we’re going to play them with a game they do not understand. They can see that the ADC has caught them unawares. So they’re finding every means to scatter that party again, but it’s going to be impossible by the grace of Almighty God.”