The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State claimed on Saturday that ethnic politics will not prevent President Bola Tinubu from being re-elected in 2027.
Mr. Seye Oladejo, the APC spokesman, said this in a statement issued in Lagos.
He was responding to Chief Dele Momodu, a former leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who advised opposition parties to get together and use the ethnic card in 2027 to defeat Tinubu.
Oladejo praised Momodu, who just left the PDP for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), for finally accepting “the obvious—that President Bola Tinubu remains politically unstoppable.”
He said, “Let it be known that the days of weaponizing ethnicity as a shortcut to power are long gone.
“The Nigerian electorate has evolved. They are now focused on who can deliver results, not who can divide the nation.
“Nigerians know better. They know that leadership is earned through vision, performance, and consistency—not through editorials written from the sidelines of social gigs.”
Tinubu’s vision for Nigeria focuses on equity, inclusion, and change, encompassing infrastructure restoration, economic stability, and social investment.
“This administration is proving that leadership is about ideas, not identity,” he said.
Oladejo advised Momodu to first rediscover his own political course before attempting to advise others.
“Truth be told, political realists have accepted the defeat of the opposition, come the year 2027, individually and collectively.
“The 2027 election will be a referendum on competence and performance, not on ethnicity or nostalgia. And in that contest, Dele Momodu’s brand of political showmanship will have no place,” he added.
