{"id":21230,"date":"2025-10-18T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=21230"},"modified":"2025-10-18T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:12:11","slug":"tinubus-2027-bid-ethnicity-is-dead-says-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/tinubus-2027-bid-ethnicity-is-dead-says-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu\u2019s 2027 Bid: Ethnicity Is Dead, Says APC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong>LAGOS, Nigeria (FN)<\/strong> \u2014 The Lagos State chapter of Nigeria\u2019s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said Saturday that appeals to ethnic sentiment will not derail President Bola Tinubu\u2019s bid for re-election in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Party spokesperson Seye Oladejo issued the statement in response to comments by Dele Momodu, a former presidential aspirant and ex-member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Momodu, who recently joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), had urged opposition parties to unite and leverage ethnic identity politics to challenge Tinubu\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-157.png?fit=450%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21246\" style=\"width:441px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-157.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-157.png?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Oladejo dismissed the strategy as outdated and divisive, asserting that Nigerian voters have moved beyond ethnic allegiances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe era of exploiting ethnicity as a shortcut to power is over,\u201d Oladejo said. \u201cThe electorate now prioritizes competence, vision, and tangible results over tribal rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He credited Tinubu\u2019s administration with laying a foundation of equity, inclusion, and reform, citing progress in infrastructure, economic stabilization, and social investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis government is demonstrating that leadership is driven by ideas, not identity,\u201d Oladejo added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He also criticized Momodu\u2019s political trajectory, describing him as a \u201cserial political tourist\u201d and urging him to reassess his own strategy before advising others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe 2027 election will be a referendum on performance, not nostalgia,\u201d Oladejo said. \u201cOpposition theatrics will not resonate with a populace that demands results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The APC\u2019s statement underscores growing tensions ahead of Nigeria\u2019s next general election, as political actors begin to position themselves for the contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAGOS, Nigeria (FN) \u2014 The Lagos State chapter of Nigeria\u2019s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said Saturday that appeals to ethnic sentiment will not derail President Bola Tinubu\u2019s bid for re-election in 2027. Party spokesperson Seye Oladejo issued the statement in response to comments by Dele Momodu, a former presidential aspirant and ex-member of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-naija-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/President-Tinubu6.webp?fit=1280%2C854&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21247,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21230\/revisions\/21247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}