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Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has dismissed the growing influence of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)-led coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, Sule revealed that the ruling party is not only aware of the ADC’s political moves, but also engaged in behind-the-scenes planning to maintain its dominance in the next electoral cycle.
“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,” he said.
The governor, who disclosed that more defections to the APC were imminent, particularly from rival political parties, described the steady movement of opposition members into the APC as a deliberate part of the party’s strategic playbook.
“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,” he added.
When asked to respond to accusations from the opposition that the APC is using intimidation tactics to prevent political heavyweights from joining the ADC, Sule denied the claim and stressed his personal commitment to respectful political engagement.
“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.”
Reacting to comparisons between the current political climate and the wave of defections that preceded the 2015 elections during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure, Governor Sule argued that the situations are vastly different.
“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,” he said.