The Pathfinder
Wednesday April 22, 2026
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that Nigeria will not slip back into what it described as an era of regression and wasted opportunities as the country approaches the 2027 general elections.
The party made this known on Monday through its Lagos State spokesman, Seye Oladejo, who insisted that Nigeria has moved beyond what he termed a “dark and inglorious era” of governance.
According to him, the 2027 polls will represent a defining moment in the nation’s democratic evolution.
“2027 will not be a pathway back to regression or a return to squandered opportunities,” Oladejo said.
He added that Nigeria would not revisit “policy somersaults, leadership by rhetoric, or ruinous experimentation,” stressing that the country has moved past “the years of the locusts.”
Describing the election as a “democratic reckoning,” the APC spokesman said it would distinguish “genuine leadership from recycled ambition, substance from sloganeering, and nation-builders from opportunists.”
Oladejo also took aim at opposition figures aligned with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), accusing them of repackaging themselves as reformers despite having previously held top public offices.
“Before anyone takes seriously the sanctimonious posturing of the opposition, it is proper to interrogate their records and credentials,” he said.
“These are not men unfamiliar with power, but old hands who have occupied the highest offices. They have wielded enormous authority, yet wasted decades of national opportunity.”
He questioned what he described as a sudden resurgence of patriotism among opposition figures.
“Where was this patriotism when they held office? Where was the outrage when institutions weakened and governance faltered?” he asked.
Oladejo dismissed the emerging opposition coalition as “displaced power brokers” lacking clear ideological direction, adding that Nigerians are now more politically conscious and less swayed by “empty theatrics.”
Defending the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he said ongoing reforms are “bold, purposeful and future-facing,” even if they come with short-term challenges.
“These reforms may be difficult, but they are courageous and necessary,” he noted, contrasting them with what he described as years of “policy drift, fiscal indiscipline and leadership inertia.”
He concluded that political power must be earned through credibility and public trust, not rhetoric.
“Power is earned through vision, credibility and the trust of the people, not served à la carte to failed actors,” Oladejo said.
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