- Senate President Akpabio Declares Opposition Governors Set to Join APC
- Ordinary Nigerians had begun to feel the impact of ongoing reforms
- Such actions would undermine Nigeria’s energy sovereignty
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has predicted that more governors from opposition parties will soon defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), crediting the shift to the reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that speaking in Owerri at the public presentation of Governor Hope Uzodimma’s book, Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria, as well as the commissioning of projects, Akpabio said Tinubu’s policies were gradually winning over sceptics.
“Mr. President, with what you have done in the last two years, get ready to receive more governors from the opposition. As I speak, many are already preparing to join you,” Akpabio declared. He added that ordinary Nigerians had begun to feel the impact of ongoing reforms.
Meanwhile, a founding member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Salihu Lukman, has warned that internal power struggles could derail the party’s chances in the 2027 general election.
In a statement on Tuesday, Lukman accused certain leaders of aligning with aspirants across states to the detriment of inclusivity.
Lukman, who earlier resigned from the APC citing lack of internal democracy, lamented that efforts to keep ADC as an equal-opportunity party were being undermined by what he described as anti-democratic forces.
He appealed to opposition leaders, including former Kaduna governor Nasir el-Rufai, to resist aspirants attempting to dominate the party’s structures.
Also speaking at a briefing in Abuja, the ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, accused the Tinubu administration of plotting to strip Nigeria of its collective wealth by selling off national assets, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
The party said the proposed amendments to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) were a “deliberate effort to hollow out NNPCL and transfer public assets into private hands,” warning that such actions would undermine Nigeria’s energy sovereignty.
