By Musa Bakare
Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is becoming the unofficial clearing house for disgruntled political actors, the internally displaced politicians IDPs seeking refuge from their battered ambitions and failed internal battles.
It is no longer about ideology, party loyalty, or national interest, it’s now about assembling a desperate coalition against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of 2027 Presidential election.
This coalition is not built on shared vision or a unified policy direction, it is held together by nothing more than personal grievances, political vendettas, and sheer envy of a man whose leadership, reform agenda, and rising popularity continue to unsettle the political establishment.
The opposition coalition romance with ADC is no longer subtle. With their influence waning in their recently abandoned politicial parties and no assured presidential ticket in sight, they is eyed ADC as a possible political lifeboat, even if it means entering an alliance of strange bedfellows.
Some, after being denied a federal appointment under Tinubu, are reportedly considering ADC as a platform to relaunch their political relevance and settle scores.
Others also, after watching their Party crumble under internal friction and eroding loyalty, appear to be contemplating yet another defection. Their obsession with total control makes ADC an attractive option.
Those politically diminished by the influence of the strongman of Rivers State politics and pushed to the margins nationally, may be seeing ADC as a source of fresh oxygen.
Individually, these figures are seasoned politicians. Collectively, they are a coalition of desperation, united not by vision, but by opposition to beat in 2027 Jagaban Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The ADC is rapidly transforming into a politial lifesaver, where aspirants check in one after another hoping to emerge as the ultimate flagbearer. But then,only one can win. The others? thrown out to the political sharks in deep sea, out of the lifebaot
ADC, far from a serious ideological party, now resembles a rehabilitation centre for politically displaced elites. There is no coherent vision. No binding principle. No structured base. Only possible opportunism on a vindictive mission.
This rush toward ADC is not about Nigeria. It is about opposing a performing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose focused leadership and fearless policy reforms have set him apart from predecessors and critics alike.
In just two years President Tinubu dismantled the corrupt fuel subsidy regime, unified Nigeria’s multiple exchange rate, rolled out direct support for indigent students, revived the primary healthcare agenda, Invested in road, rail, and energy infrastructure, initiated national industrial renewal policies and so on.
While critics rant, Tinubu reforms, while they sulk in political bitterness, President Tinubu tirelessly works.
The ADC alliance is neither organic nor visionary. It is a coalition of convenience, not conviction. The question before Nigerians is simple, If these men cannot stabilize their own parties and migrates from one party to the other, how can they be trusted with a country of 200 million people?
This political migration into ADC is not strategic, it is reactionary. A blank cheque for disgruntled politicians. A platform with no real base. An alliance with no ideological glue.
The 2027 election will not be determined by hashtags or emergency coalitions. It will be won by solid political structure, performance, leadership, and public trust.
And on those fronts, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stands solid and firm, not just as a candidate, but as a reformer, builder, and stabilizer of a fragile nation.
Let the opposition gather. Let them merge. Let them scheme, come 2027, Nigerians will choose substance over spite.They will vote massively for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
– Musa Asiru Bakare
Foundation Member of APC, member, Tinubu Support Group (TSG) and Political Analyst writes from Lokoja, Kogi State.
