South-West won’t abandon Tinubu in 2027 – APC counters Olawepo-Hashim’s supporters
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured that the South-West will not turn its back on President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
APC Publicity Secretary, Mr. Seye Oladejo, made the declaration in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos while responding to remarks attributed to supporters of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, suggesting that the region would not back Tinubu’s re-election bid.
Oladejo dismissed the claims, insisting that Olawepo-Hashim lacked the political influence and structures necessary to compete in a national contest.
According to him, Tinubu will overcome all opposition plots against his second-term bid in 2027.
“Olawepo-Hashim is a perennial aspirant and convenient mascot for opposition desperation.
“He (Olawepo-Hashim) may parade endorsements in tiny rallies and press statements, but endorsements on photocopied letterheads do not translate to votes.
“In the unlikely event that he somehow emerges as the presidential candidate of the free-falling PDP – a party apparently bankrupt of depth in both human and material resources – he will be roundly beaten at the poll.
“That is not bravado; it is political arithmetic. The PDP’s hollow theatrics and recycled claimants will not rescue a party that has for years relied on sentiment and nostalgia rather than competence and delivery,” the statement said.
Oladejo also faulted Olawepo-Hashim for attempting to undermine the achievements of the Tinubu administration, describing his comments as “particularly distasteful and unacceptable.”
He maintained that President Tinubu’s government was making tangible progress across key sectors.
“Those who traffic in selective statistics and currency rhetoric do so because they cannot defend the alternative: a return to the waste, arrogance and economic mismanagement that nearly extinguished our nation’s potential.
“Nigerians will not be hoodwinked into trading present progress for recycled excuses.
“To the political jobbers behind this noise: stop insulting the intelligence of Lagos residents and Nigerians,” Oladejo said.
He further stressed that opposition figures should not confuse media statements with evidence of leadership capability.
“In 2027, voters will choose continuity with a president who has delivered direction and results – not the empty spectacle offered by political tourists.
“The South West will not abandon its own for a project of theatrical ambition without substance,” he added.
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