By Musa Bakare
As the countdown to 2027 gradually gathers momentum, one political reality is becoming impossible to ignore: the road to victory is increasingly favorable for the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; the pride of Ikeja, the Atuluse Akorede of Ikeja Hon. James Abiodun Faleke; and the All Progressives Congress.
While the opposition continues to battle confusion, internal betrayals, weak coordination, and political bitterness, the APC is quietly consolidating power, strengthening structures, and expanding its grassroots dominance across Nigeria.
The very well planned, peaceful, and admirable conduct of the ongoing APC primary elections across the country lends positive credence to the sweet victories the party will enjoy in 2027.
Elections are not won through social media noise, propaganda headlines, or empty emotional speeches. Elections are won through structure, strategy, performance, political intelligence, and grassroots connection, qualities the APC is demonstrating in its ongoing primaries, where it continues to tower above unwieldy rivals.
For President Tinubu, 2027 will ultimately be a referendum on political mastery, resilience, and strategic governance.
Long before becoming President, Asiwaju built one of the strongest political movements in modern Nigerian history. He transformed Lagos into the economic heartbeat of Nigeria, nurtured generations of political leaders, survived fierce political persecution, and emerged stronger.
That same political machinery remains very much alive, organized, and battle ready ahead of 2027.
His opponents underestimated him in 2023 at their own peril.
Every election cycle, they sing the same tired song. They predict collapse. They manufacture lies and panic. They spread fear. Yet when the ballots are counted, Asiwaju consistently proves why he remains one of the most formidable political tacticians Africa has ever produced.
The truth is simple: the opposition may complain, debate, and criticize as democracy permits, but many also understand the difficult realities inherited by the current administration.
Years of economic instability, insecurity, subsidy complications, debt pressures, and institutional decay were never going to disappear overnight. Serious leadership, such as Asiwaju is offering, requires difficult decisions, not cosmetic populism.
What separates Jagaban Tinubu from many of his critics is courage. He took decisions others avoided for years. He confronted long standing economic distortions. He initiated reforms aimed at stabilizing the nation’s future rather than chasing cheap applause.
History will surely reward Asiwaju Tinubu for making hard decisions for long term national survival.
And while the opposition remains trapped in endless coalition talks, ego battles, and media theatrics, the APC continues strengthening its hold across strategic states and constituencies nationwide.
Like his political mentor and leader Asiwaju Tinubu, one major figure whose political influence remains solidly intact is Rt. Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, the political workhorse of Ikeja Federal Constituency and one of the most effective legislators and grassroots mobilizers within the APC today.
Hon. Faleke’s political relevance is not built on noise but on visible performance, accessibility, loyalty, and consistent connection with his people. In Ikeja, his name resonates beyond party lines because many residents have witnessed years of representation marked by huge empowerment programs, fondly referred to as “Kosẹlẹ ri” as well as infrastructural interventions, educational support, youth development, Medical outreaches and responsive leadership.
For these reasons, in every election cycle, it remains extremely difficult for opponents seeking to unseat Jagaban and JAF. The people already know their own.
Political opportunists may emerge. Propaganda merchants may flood the media space. Sponsored attacks may dominate headlines temporarily. But elections are ultimately decided by the people at the grassroots: the market women, artisans, transport workers, youths, professionals, party loyalists, and ordinary citizens who understand who truly stands with them beyond campaign season.
Hon. Faleke, like Jagaban his mentor, has built that trust over the years.
The APC itself also enters 2027 with a major advantage the opposition lacks: a renewed hope agenda and political structure.
Across wards, local governments, states, and national leadership levels, the APC remains the most organized political force in Nigeria.
Winning elections requires far more than online popularity or emotional gatherings. It requires agents of renewed hope and mobilizers, coordinators, loyal party members, funding capacity, institutional presence, and strategic discipline. That is where the APC consistently dominates.
The opposition, meanwhile, appears trapped in a dangerous cycle of anger, jealousy, and vindictiveness without direction.
Many of its leading figures remain united only by their hatred for Ọmọ olori ire, Tinubu, not by any coherent national vision. Nigerians fully recognize this contradiction.
As 2027 approaches, APC supporters across the country are growing more energized, more organized, and more determined. They understand that elections are not won through wishful thinking but through preparation, unity, and sustained engagement with the people.
For President Tinubu, Hon. Faleke, and the APC, the signs ahead point positively toward sweet electoral victories, victories built not merely on slogans, but on political structure, tested experience, grassroots connection, and strategic endurance.
The battle ahead may be noisy. The opposition may shout louder. Social media may trend endlessly with attacks and counterattacks. But when the dust finally settles and Nigerians head to the ballot boxes in 2027, the political strength of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rt. Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, and the APC will once again speak louder than the noise.
And that victory will not happen by accident. It will be the product of organization over confusion, strategy over sentiment, loyalty over betrayal, and structure over propaganda.
– Musa Asiru Bakare, a foundation member of the APC and political analyst, writes from Lokoja, Kogi State.
