Former Minister of Interior and National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, has declared that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will lose the 2027 general elections.
Speaking on Saturday in Ilorin during the commissioning of the ADC’s new state secretariat along Basin Road, Aregbesola said the APC’s current behaviour shows fear and insecurity rather than confidence.
“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,” he said.
The former minister accused the ruling party of harassing and intimidating ADC members nationwide.
“How can we interpret what APC is doing all over Nigeria to us? They are harassing and intimidating everyone of our members, not just our leaders but nationwide — be it Lagos, Kebbi, or Kaduna,” he added.
Aregbesola argued that the APC’s actions reveal its declining popularity among Nigerians.
“They themselves know that they are not popular, and the party that will harvest their unpopularity is ADC,” he stated confidently. “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.”
Commenting on politicians defecting to the APC, Aregbesola criticised them as “enemies of the people.”
In a similar remark, former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who recently left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the ADC, told journalists that the ADC is well-prepared to take over the reins of power in the country.
