Politics
2027 Election: APC Dismisses Atiku, Obi, Makinde as Tinubu Rivals
APC chairman Nentawe Yilwatda says Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Seyi Makinde and other rivals cannot match Tinubu ahead of the 2027 election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that opposition figures Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Donald Duke and Seyi Makinde cannot match President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
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The party’s National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, made the assertion on Thursday while receiving members of the Forum of APC House of Representatives Aspirants at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
Yilwatda argued that Tinubu’s record in office would compare favourably with those of his potential challengers, insisting that no opposition party currently had a candidate with a stronger record.
“No political party, as it stands today, has a more credible candidate than President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.
The APC chairman added that a side-by-side comparison of the candidates’ records would, in his view, demonstrate Tinubu’s achievements, particularly in institution-building.
“We have facts; we have records that if we put them vis-à-vis any other candidate that is on this ballot, none match our own candidate,” Yilwatda said.
He also highlighted infrastructure development, questioning the impact of a reported N300 billion road budget during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, when Atiku Abubakar served as vice-president.
Yilwatda challenged his audience to identify a major road constructed with the funds, claiming that the results were difficult to trace.
“We are struggling to find the roads,” he said, before contrasting the period with what he described as the number of roads constructed under Tinubu’s administration.
“I can pinpoint many roads across the country that were constructed just in three years,” he added.
The remarks form part of the APC’s efforts to defend Tinubu’s record and project him as its preferred candidate ahead of the 2027 general election.
However, Yilwatda’s comments represent the ruling party’s assessment of the president and his potential opponents.
The claims about infrastructure spending and road construction were not independently substantiated in the report.
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The 2027 presidential contest is expected to draw candidates from several political parties, with economic conditions, infrastructure, security and governance likely to feature prominently in the campaign.
A group, the Imo First Group (IFG) has described the purported Magistrate court order to arrest Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, over alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery, as a ruse and fake news
The group stated this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.
IFG challenged those peddling the fake news to make the court order public.
The statement reads ” The fabricated and concocted story was first posted on social media by Hon. Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, a media aide to Governor Hope Uzodimma, before it was picked up by other media outfits, including Arise TV.
According to the statement, those behind the report claimed that a Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja issued a Bench Warrant dated September 9, 2026, following a petition written by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State, Barr. Chukwuemeka Ibejiako, to the Police and DSS on October 8, 2026, over alleged presentation of fake APC primary results.
The Group debunked the existence of any such order.
“We want to state categorically and unequivocally that no jSenior Magistrate ordered or issued any bench warrant for the arrest of Araraume”
IFG however challenged anyone in possession of the purported court order to publish it.
“If you claim to have a court order present same for the public to see,
“This fabricated bench warrant contain in the report is filled with inconsistencies, the bench warrant was dated September 9, 2026, while the REC’s petition that supposedly triggered it was dated October 8, 2026, with case number CR/M/084/2026.
The statement further stated that the purveyors and harbinger of the fake news tried to trick the magistrate via exparte order but was rebuked
“The magistrate bluntly refused to grant their exparte and threatened to arrest them, yet they carried their falsehood about. What’s the problem of occupants of office that never won free and fair elections and tried to destroy reputable Imo sons that have won elections. We challenge anyone in this macabre surugede dance to show the court order or warrant of arrest. It’s preposterous to blackmail decent Imo sons on the altar of dirty politics.”
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