Nigeria won’t Return To ‘Years Of Regression’ – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Nigeria will not return to what it called years of regression and squandered opportunities in the 2027 elections.

The party stated this on Monday through its Lagos State spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo.

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.

“2027 will be the ultimate moment of democratic reckoning, separating genuine leadership from recycled ambition, substance from sloganeering, and nation-builders from opportunists.”

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.

“Before anyone takes seriously the sanctimonious posturing of the opposition, it is proper to interrogate their records and credentials.

“These are not men unfamiliar with power, but old hands who have occupied the highest offices.

“They have wielded enormous authority, yet wasted decades of national opportunity,” he said.

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 hypocrisy 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.

Oladejo said Nigeria had moved beyond “politics of entitlement and elite recycling”.

According to him, Nigerians are now more discerning and less susceptible to “empty theatrics of recycled political veterans”.

He said ongoing reforms under President Bola Tinubu were bold and necessary for long-term development.

“These reforms may be difficult, but they are courageous, purposeful and future-facing.

“They contrast sharply with years of policy drift, fiscal indiscipline and leadership inertia,” he said.

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. (NAN)