The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has again reaffirmed that despite the growing numbers of people defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party will be voted out of office in 2027.

Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC National Publicity Secretary, stated this in his reaction to comments made by Nentawe Yilwatda, the APC National Chairman, that “key ADC figures” would join the APC next week, saying that defections will not save the ruling party in 2027.

The APC had boasted of its ability to attract huge population from the opposition parties to sustain the plans for easy victory in the 2027 election.

But the ADC however, insisted that the scramble for membership from across the political spectrum underscores the APC’s growing realisation that it has become hugely unpopular with ordinary Nigerians who now dislike the ruling party for the hardship it has brought upon them.

The party said its attention was drawn to the declaration by the National Chairman of the ruling APC, at a stakeholders’ meeting in Jos that “key ADC figures” will be received into the APC next week.

“This statement underscores a deep realisation by the ruling party that it cannot be saved even if all the governors in Nigeria defected to the ruling party.

“This is why even with all the governors and senators they have been bragging about, the APC is still desperate for ADC members.

“The truth remains that the APC realises that it has become the most hated party in Nigeria, and no amount of defections can save the party from Nigerians whose lives and livelihoods the ruling party has destroyed since it came to power.

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“Like we have noted earlier, the recent gale of high-profile defections to the ruling party is properly understood by ordinary Nigerians as a gang-up against the people.

“The ruling elite who have left the people behind in abject poverty and are only interested in self-preservation even as their people wallow in misery.”