The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released its schedule of activities ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued last night, the ruling party announced that May 15 and 16 have been fixed for the election of its presidential candidate. The APC also announced that aspirants seeking to contest in its 2027 presidential primary will pay N30 million for the expression of interest form and N70 million for the nomination form.
The party further fixed the fees for governorship aspirants at N10 million for the expression of interest form and N40 million for the nomination form. Meanwhile, the party yesterday said Nigeria would not return to what it calls years of regression and squandered opportunities in the 2027 elections. The APC, which stated this through its Lagos State spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, said Nigeria had moved beyond “the dark, wasteful and inglorious era” allegedly being planned by opposition parties ahead of 2027.
He said: “2027 will not be a pathway back to regression or a return to squandered opportunities. “Let it be said without equivocation: 2027 will not be a pathway back to regression. Nigeria will not return to the era of squandered opportunities. “Nigeria will not return to policy somersaults.
Nigeria will not return to leadership by rhetoric and ruinous experimentation. Nigeria will not return to the years of the locusts.” He accused opposition figures aligned under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) of misleading Nigerians with “borrowed robes of reform”. According to him, many opposition actors had held top offices but failed to deliver meaningful progress.
He urged Nigerians to scrutinise their records before taking their current claims seriously. Oladejo questioned the timing of the opposition’s “newfound patriotism”. “Where was this patriotism when they held office? Where was the outrage when institutions weakened and governance faltered? “It is hypocritical for those who created yesterday’s failures to present themselves as today’s cure.
“Nigeria knows these protagonists as serial defectors driven more by ambition than principle,” he said. He described the emerging opposition coalition as “displaced power brokers” lacking vision and ideological clarity.
He said ongoing reforms under President Bola Tinubu were bold and necessary for long-term development. Oladejo added that power must be earned through credibility, vision and public trust. “Let the opposition be under no illusion: blackmail, brinkmanship and rhetoric will not confer power on yesterday’s men. “Power is earned through vision, credibility and the trust of the people, not served à la carte to failed actors,” he said.
