APC Lists Opposition Parties Working For Tinubu's 2027 Re-Election

• APC's national chairman made a striking claim about opposition parties after a meeting with President Tinubu at the State House
• The ruling party has named the only opposition group it says has not joined forces with them ahead of 2027
• The campaign's director-general outlined a specific approach the APC intends to take against its opponents

Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress has declared that several major opposition parties have abandoned their adversarial stance and are now backing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's push for a second term in the 2027 general elections.

APC National Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda made the claim on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, after a meeting with President Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.

He was joined by Senator Abdulaziz Yari, who serves as Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, and the two men briefed the President on plans for the party's upcoming campaign launch.

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"If you look at what the party is doing now, the opposition is with us. All political parties that have defeated us in any election are all with us; PDP is with us, APGA is with us, Accord Party is with us. These are the only political parties that have defeated us, except APM, and they are all with us in this campaign," Yilwatda told State House correspondents.

He did not clarify whether the support he described involved formal endorsements by the national leaderships of those parties or individual members and factions acting independently.

Upcoming presidential campaign rallies

The APC is scheduled to formally launch its nationwide presidential campaign in Kaduna on Saturday, 24 October 2026.

Yilwatda said all internal structures were in place for the event, describing party members, state chapters, and committees as fully prepared.

Speaking separately, Yari struck a measured tone when outlining the campaign council's strategy, pledging to focus on the administration's track record rather than trade insults with rivals.

"As a Council, what do we say we are going to do? We are going to do a campaign with the records.

A responsible campaign, no insults, no calling of names because there's no name before us, but we have a record before us to show to Nigerians," Yari said.

The former Zamfara State governor added that voters would be urged to weigh what the government had delivered before casting their ballots.

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"This is what our party did, this is what our government did, so because of that, we are asking, pleading with Nigerians to look at this record carefully so that they give us a second chance for continuity," he said.

Political analyst Omotayo Yusuf has noted that Tinubu's 2027 approach differs from his 2023 campaign strategy, with the President relying on governors across party lines, including in Anambra and Osun, to shore up support.

Yusuf also raised questions about how Tinubu would balance the demands of campaigning with his responsibilities as a sitting president.

Total cost of Tinubu’s overseas travels

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Nigeria's Presidency spent N37.64 billion (GH₵325.8 million) on travel-related expenses between June 2023 and April 2026, according to accountability platform GovSpend.

President Bola Tinubu has taken 52 foreign trips and spent about 261 days outside Nigeria since taking office in May 2023.

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu's overseas travel cost N700.71 million (GH₵6.07 million), prompting calls for accountability over the legal basis of the spending.

Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh