The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that divisions among opposition political leaders will make it easy for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to retain power in the 2027 general elections.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today yesterday, Oshiomhole said former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has become the APC’s “best campaign manager” because of his alleged attacks on fellow opposition leader, Peter Obi.

According to him, Obi and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, have also been attacking each other, a development the former Edo State governor believes will work in the APC’s favour in 2027. Oshiomhole said: “You mean that APC would be worried about which of the parties now… ADC? I saw Atiku.

“Atiku is now our best campaign manager because he is attacking Obi, and I see Obi attacking Amaechi. “I see Amaechi say Obi is a regional player, Atiku is a regional player, and he is the only national player, but he didn’t tell us what his ward unit looks like.”

The lawmaker expressed confidence that the opposition would be roundly defeated in the 2027 elections, irrespective of any coalition plans.

He challenged opposition leaders to tell Nigerians what they would do differently from the policies currently being implemented by President Bola Tinubu. “So, the opposition can have their dreams, but they will be defeated flatly because nobody believes them.

“They have to speak to the new policies that they would reverse, whether they would reverse taxation, reverse fuel subsidy removal, student loans, or reverse any of those bold decisions that President Tinubu has taken,” he said.