Coalition to collision! Lagos APC mocks ADC, Peter Obi, says zoning thrown overboard as opposition descends into chaos

Nigeria woke up to yet another episode of opposition disarray and ideological bankruptcy as African Democratic Congress (ADC) publicly ordered Peter Obi to “make up his mind” on his 2027 ambition  – while simultaneously declaring that zoning is not on the table.

This is not strategy.

This is confusion on steroids.

A political party that cannot decide its soul, direction or destination now wants to decide the fate of Nigeria. What Nigerians are witnessing is not opposition politics – it is a public quarrel inside a hollow coalition of contradictions.

Today, they reject zoning.

Tomorrow, they beg for relevance.

Next, they issue ultimatums to the same man they once paraded as their poster boy based on some warped assumptions.

What exactly do they want? Power without structure? Victory without a plan? Leadership without clarity?

THE SCRIPT THEY DON’T WANT NIGERIANS TO SEE

Even the politically uninitiated now know that ADC has been curated, packaged and positioned as the private vehicle for the miscarriage of one man’s lifelong presidential obsession. Sadly for the handlers of the man in “Labour” , Peter Obi is part of the consideration.

By this warped logic, the sudden declaration that zoning is “not on the table” only confirms what was already obvious  – that within this shaky coalition, candidacy was settled even before conception. Others were merely recruited later to make up the numbers, decorate the illusion, share the confusion and pick crumbs at the banquet of a pre-written ambition.

It is a coalition without democracy, without fairness and without future  – a political engineering tailor-made to fail.

THE OBI DILEMMA: THE PANTHER POLITICS

The deeper dilemma is this: Peter Obi has perfected a strange political posture  – that of a presidential aspirant who hardly competes, but rather positions and waits patiently like a panther, stalking political parties in distress to strike when desperation peaks.

With the unwieldy number of political parties in Nigeria, there is no prize for successfully guessing that, just like the 2023 Presidential Elections, another free presidential ticket – like political manna  – is being patiently awaited to fall mysteriously on Obi’s lap.

This is not political organization.

This is political lottery masquerading as strategy.

STOP DISTRACTING TINUBU – NIGERIA DEMANDS GOVERNANCE

At this critical juncture, it has become expedient to warn the opposition to stop distracting Bola Ahmed Tinubu with needless politicking and manufactured drama. There is no dispute about the enormous national challenges before the nation, and President Tinubu remains steadily, courageously and competently poised to overcome them for the collective betterment of Nigerians.

The All Progressives Congress (APC), as the ruling party, has no reason to jump the gun on electioneering. Our numerous achievements across infrastructure, economy, security, social investment, education, health, transportation and national reforms will speak loudly for us at the appropriate time.

The opposition, on the other hand, has nothing to offer but recycled slogans and empty promises – deceptions that Nigerians can now see through with clarity and experience.

WHILE THEY FIGHT, APC GOVERNS

While the opposition fights itself in broad daylight, the All Progressives Congress (APC) remains focused on governance, economic recovery, security stabilization, infrastructure expansion and national renewal under the firm and steady leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Let the records show it clearly:

2027 is not for confused coalitions.

2027 is not for political experiments.

2027 is for prepared leadership.

The ADC – Obi face-off is no longer an internal disagreement.

It is now a public confession of collapse.

Opposition in full-blown confusion, indeed.

Mogaji (Hon.) Seye Oladejo

Lagos APC Spokesman

08/12/25