A member of the House of Representatives, Leke Abejide, has dismissed speculation about potential opposition alliances to beat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 election.
Naijaonpoint reports that Abejide, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, dismissed calculations suggesting that combining votes from former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and ex-Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, would guarantee victory over the APC in 2027.
Abejide also highlighted ongoing challenges within the African Democratic Congress (ADC), stressing that nobody can defeat the APC.
He said, “If anybody is capitalising on what happened in 2023 and calculating that if they put Atiku’s vote and put Obi’s votes, they’re going to beat APC, it’s just like the person is building castles in the air.
“The leadership of ADC today is in crisis, and until the court decides, nobody can say this is going to defeat the APC. They are welcome, and we’ll see what the outcome is going to be, but if you want to join, join properly.”
Speaking further, Abejide claimed that Peter Obi’s strong showing in the 2023 presidential election was primarily driven by religious anxieties among Northern Christians, who feared restrictions on their religious freedoms under a Bola Tinubu presidency.
He also warned that opposition parties attempting to replicate the 2023 electoral dynamics are building their strategies on a faulty foundation, as the political landscape has fundamentally shifted since President Tinubu assumed office.
He added, “People, especially the Northern Christians, believed that they would be in trouble if Asiwaju came in as president. They believed they would not have room to exercise their faith, but it’s not like that today.
“The way the president handled the whole thing, they know he’s not a religious bigot, and he does not believe in extremism of any religion, whether Christian or Muslim.”