ADC urges Nigerians to reject APC in 2027, cites US midterm lesson

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is telling Nigerians to take a page from American voters and boot the ruling APC out in 2027. In a Wednesday statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the opposition party pointed to the US midterms—where voters delivered what ADC calls a "political tsunami" against the Republican Party—as proof that no party owns power permanently.

ADC argues the Tinubu administration has served Nigerians economic hardship, worsening insecurity, and shrinking opportunities. "We cannot continue to complain about the cost of living while voting for a President who has made life unaffordable," the statement reads. The party's 2027 slogan: "Make Nigeria Affordable Again. Make Nigeria Safe Again. Give Nigerians Jobs Again."

The core message: elections should hinge on citizen welfare, not sentiment, loyalty, or personality cults. ADC wants PVCs to become "instruments of change, not souvenirs of citizenship."

This is opposition rhetoric, not policy detail. No specific ADC candidates or structural reform plans were outlined. The US comparison is aspirational—American midterms have institutional guardrails Nigeria's system still struggles to enforce.

Will opposition parties translate anti-APC sentiment into a unified, credible alternative with concrete plans, or will 2027 repeat the fragmentation that helped APC win in 2023?

SOURCE: https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/04/2027-reject-apc-learn-from-americans-adc-to-nigerians/