The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says a proposed opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general election is desirable but not a condition for defeating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made the position clear during an interview on TVC News’ Beyond the Headlines……
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says a proposed opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general election is desirable but not a condition for defeating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made the position clear during an interview on TVC News’ Beyond the Headlines on Tuesday.
Abdullahi said the ADC believed opposition parties would have a stronger chance of defeating the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) if they worked together, but insisted that the party was confident of winning the presidential election independently.
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“We respect the work the G100 is doing. We think it’s noble; we think it’s patriotic. But we don’t think it’s a precondition for us winning the 2027 general election,” he said.
His comments followed Monday’s opposition summit in Abuja organised under the G100 Initiative, where political actors began discussions on a framework for cooperation ahead of the 2027 election.
The proposed framework includes the possibility of a common presidential candidate and a single four-year transition government backed by an enforceable charter.
Abdullahi, however, stressed that the four-year single-term proposal was only one of several ideas placed before the opposition parties and had not been adopted as a decision.
He said subsequent discussions among party leaders and presidential candidates would determine which proposals could command consensus.
The ADC spokesman also dismissed comparisons between the 2023 election and the 2027 contest, arguing that the political circumstances had changed significantly.
According to him, Tinubu was a presidential candidate in 2023 but would approach the 2027 election as an incumbent whose record would be judged by voters.
“President Bola Tinubu is now president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He will have had four years that Nigerians have known him,” Abdullahi said.
He argued that the cost-of-living crisis and other economic issues would play a far greater role in determining the next election than they did in 2023.
“The issues that concern the people will be pivotal in determining how the election goes in 2027,” he said.
Abdullahi said the ADC wanted to be part of efforts to build a broad-based opposition coalition, describing such cooperation as an opportunity to “rebuild the country” and restore public confidence in government.
However, he maintained that the party would not make its electoral prospects dependent on the success or failure of the proposed coalition.
