APC predicts doom for coalition against Tinubu

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed ongoing opposition efforts to form a coalition ahead of the 2027 elections, predicting that the arrangement will unravel under the weight of internal rivalry.

The party said the talks lack coherence and are being driven by clashing personal ambitions rather than a shared political vision.

Speaking on the matter, APC spokesman in Lagos, Mr Seye Oladejo, described the emerging alliance as fragile and unstable, arguing that it is motivated largely by power struggles.

“What is being marketed as a coalition is, in reality, a congregation of serial presidential aspirants, each unwilling to subordinate ego to collective purpose.

“From the outset, this assemblage has lacked ideological glue, moral cohesion, or a shared vision for Nigeria beyond a desperate fixation on power.

“Coalitions thrive on compromise; this one suffocates under entitlement.

“Beneath the noise and contrived optimism, however, lies a fragile contraption wobbling under the weight of personal ambitions, mutual distrust, and irreconcilable contradictions,” Oladejo said.

He noted that public disagreements, ultimatums and preconditions issued by opposition figures had laid bare deep internal fractures, adding that consensus had been replaced by demands for guaranteed positions.

“Recent public posturing has further exposed the fault lines. Pre-conditions, ultimatums, and thinly veiled threats have replaced dialogue and consensus.

“When leading figures openly demand guaranteed presidential or vice-presidential tickets before ‘alignment,’ it becomes clear that this is not a partnership but a transactional bargain destined to collapse at first contact with reality.

“We now hear appeals to supporters and sympathizers of various aspirants to refrain from attacking one another while simultaneously promoting their respective interests.

“This is a classic case of a house divided against itself-where internal hostility has become so intense that public pleas for restraint are issued even before any meaningful structure is formed.

“A coalition that must beg its own followers for peace has already conceded defeat to its internal chaos,” he added.

Oladejo argued that any political alliance unable to manage internal peace even before formal agreement cannot endure, warning that multiple power blocs within one platform weaken decision-making.

“The presence of multiple power centres within the same tent-each convinced of its own inevitability-renders the project unsustainable.

“History is unkind to coalitions built on convenience rather than conviction, on arithmetic rather than ideology.

“Nigeria has seen this movie before, and the ending is always the same: fragmentation, recrimination, and implosion,” he said.

He maintained that the APC remains focused on governance and policy implementation, stressing that the ruling party is consolidating the Renewed Hope Agenda under President Bola Tinubu.

“The APC remains a tested platform with a proven capacity to manage diversity, resolve internal differences through established democratic processes, and present a coherent governance agenda.

“While the opposition rehearses discord and manufactures outrage, the APC is focused on governance, reforms, and consolidating the gains of the Renewed Hope Agenda under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Oladejo said.

According to him, Nigerians would prioritise stability and continuity over uncertainty at the polls.

“As the countdown to 2027 continues, the question before the opposition is no longer whether to form a coalition, but whether such a coalition can survive its own contradictions.

“The signs are unmistakable: what looms is not a formidable alternative, but an impending implosion,” he added