Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress has described opposition parties as nothing more than participants in the 2027 general election, according to channelstv.com. The remark came from the party's chairman, who spoke about the coming contest and the APC's confidence in holding power.
The same report says the APC chairman argued that the policies of President Bola Tinubu will win him votes at the polls. According to channelstv.com, the party has also passed a vote of confidence in Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, a decision reported by The Guardian Nigeria News.
The chairman's comments were echoed elsewhere in the party. Vanguard reports that Yilwatda dismissed the relevance of the African Democratic Congress, pointing to recent local government results. He said the council area of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar still voted for the APC in that election, according to vanguardngr.com.
Separately, THISAGE reports that the APC chairman extended sympathy to victims of a gold mining incident in Minna.
The statements amount to an early show of confidence from the ruling party ahead of a vote still more than a year away, with its national leadership already signalling that it sees little threat from rival camps.
What to watch next is whether opposition parties respond to the chairman's characterization, and how the APC's vote of confidence in its presidential ticket shapes the contest ahead of 2027.
