National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, yesterday told the opposition parties that there was no vacancy in Aso Rock in 2027 when another general election will be due.

Ganduje said the administration of President Bola Tinubu had been contending with the accumulation of many years of neglect, policy summersaults and other disjointed decisions by previous administrations.

The APC national chairman made the assertions while addressing supporters and some support groups at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

Ganduje urged the APC supporters and groups to be committed to the party so that it could continue to forge ahead.

He stated that the leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and its chieftains were afraid, having been defeated in the last general election and already foreseeing another defeat.

Ganduje said the NNPP elements were now engaged in a propaganda campaign against the leadership of APC.

He said, “They are so afraid because we are consolidating. They are so afraid all over the country because we are receiving new entrants into our party. That is creating fears in their minds.

“They are already eyeing 2027, but at that time, there is no vacancy. Only our president, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will, Insha Allah, continue as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Ganduje taunted the leadership of NNPP and its chieftains in Kano State, accusing them of sponsoring protests and campaigning for his removal as APC national chairman.

Describing NNPP as a party of failed and arrogant politicians, Ganduje added, “What they are doing is African magic drama in order to convey a failed programme and projects by failed politicians. We will not allow them to continue with that.

“They are also sponsoring pockets of diffident protest from all over the country. They are spending a huge amount of money in order for people to demonstrate against the leadership of our party. It is a complete failure from what we have seen all over the country.

“The whole drama, political rascality, started from Kano with the government. Instead of responding to the yearnings, needs, and demands of the people of Kano State, they decided to divert attention. 

“Our eyes are on those who are diverting our attention to political propaganda against the APC. Can we allow them to continue like that? We understand what they are doing. It is a political drama.”

Ganduje further described NNPP as too insignificant to cause any political upset.

He stated, “They are a small party. They are a micro party. They are a party that is terribly defeated all over the country. It is a party that is breaking down. It is a party that is a mixture of failed politicians.

“If you follow what is happening in that party, you will find out that it is a party that is sharply divided between those who are authentic members of the party and those who are fake members of the party, individualistic and so arrogant in the management of the political party.”