Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is actively working behind the scenes to counter the growing influence of the coalition led by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general election.
He hinted that another state governor would soon join the APC, describing the increasing number of defections as a core strategy in the party’s response to the coalition threat.
During an interview on Channels Television, Governor Sule was asked about the level of preparedness within the APC and if the party had held internal discussions on the implications of the ADC coalition.
He responded: “Yes, we have discussed. And it is not something, actually, that I will disclose here. You know, as they are planning, we are planning. You know, we are in politics. We are in this indeed. We are not going to just sit down watching them planning.
“You know, so as they plan, we are planning, and at the end of the day, you know, the better plans will take over.
“So now, as it is, we are planning. We keep getting more and more governors from PDP joining us. Very soon you will hear another governor joining us.
“You hear every day senators that are decamping and coming back to APC every day. These are all part of the plans. They are not happening just by magic.”
Responding to allegations from the ADC that some political figures are hesitant to align publicly with the coalition due to fear of political persecution, Sule rejected the claims.
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He said: “I don’t underrate anybody. And from my background, from my training, from my family background, I don’t insult anybody, not even the opposition. I don’t insult them. I don’t underestimate them. I don’t make negative statements about any one of them. You know, that is me based on my own upbringing, my own background, my own profession, my own career, and the rest of that.
“But the bottom line is that they must find something else to say.”
When reminded of the wave of defections ahead of the 2015 election that did not stop Goodluck Jonathan from losing to Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Sule drew a clear line between the two political periods.
“Jonathan’s era is completely different from this era. We didn’t see what we are seeing during Jonathan that we are seeing today.
“We didn’t go through the challenges that we are having during the time that we are going today with the caliber of people that came together to form the alliance of the APC, you know, ANPP, ACM, CPC, as well as all these other parties, the new PDP, and the rest of that.
“It’s not the kind of thing that you are seeing in this new opposition.”