A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Kenneth Okonkwo, has expressed confidence that the opposition coalition will end the dominance of the ruling All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Okonkwo spoke on Friday while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Morning Brief, where he said the process of unseating the APC had already begun.
“We are still coalescing. You can see that the journey towards removing APC has just begun,” he said.
According to him, several lawmakers had already aligned with the coalition.
“Nine senators and an innumerable number of members of the House of Representatives have joined ADC. You can see how Akpabio is double-speaking in everything that he is doing,” Okonkwo stated.
The actor-turned-politician also criticised the February 21 area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory, where the APC won five out of six chairmanship positions.
He described the exercise as a sham, alleging that opposition parties were restricted during the election.
“Do not judge us by those elections. FCT election was a sham; there was no election. In an election that you restricted people from moving to go and vote, an election conducted under an unknown law,” he said.
Okonkwo accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of interfering in the polls.
“Wike was restricting the opposition from moving, and they were moving as they liked from polling unit to polling unit, interfering in the election,” he alleged.
He added that Wike had no official role in the electoral process.
“Wike was not an elected person in FCT. He was not an INEC official. He had no business in the polling unit. That FCT municipal election was a sham,” he said.
Despite not controlling federal power, Okonkwo insisted that the ADC had become the most viable opposition platform in the country.
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“The truth is that ADC, the African Democratic Congress, is today the leading opposition party,” he said.
He explained that he had earlier urged opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, to unite in order to effectively challenge the ruling party.
“I said this a long time ago that PDP, LP, and other parties are not viable. The opposition leaders and parties should do themselves a good to form a coalition,” he noted.
Okonkwo said the coalition eventually agreed to adopt the ADC as its political platform in pursuit of what he described as a new Nigeria.
“When they coalesced, they were able to deal with the APC that has constituted itself as an enemy of democracy and certainly an enemy of the welfare of the people,” he added.
He also predicted that more politicians would soon join the party as the political landscape shifts ahead of the 2027 elections.
“You will see more politicians joining us soon, and APC will soon be history by the grace of God,” Okonkwo said.
The APC came to power in 2015 on promises to tackle corruption, revive the economy, and address insecurity. However, opposition parties say living conditions have worsened, citing rising cost of living and persistent insecurity across parts of the country.