Following the dominant victory recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday’s by-election, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda has said that the ruling party will replicate the by-election victory in the 2027 elections.
Yilwatda stated this on Monday in Abuja when APC Press Corps paid him a condolence visit for the demise of his mother.
He stressed that the ruling party was learning from the criticism of the opposition.
The chairman noted that the party defeated the opposition leaders in the by-election.
Yilwatda said the APC is not just a ruling party, but the leading party and the preferred party in Nigeria.
He stated: “Every criticism they give helps us to a better victory. So we are very sure that our party will succeed in no small measure.
“If you look at it, where the opposition leaders are, we all defeated them in all those locations. From Kaduna to Kano to Adamawa to Taraba. So we just made it clear that our party is a leading party.
“We are also not just a ruling party, but we are the leading party and the preferred party in Nigeria. And preferred by Nigerians. Because if you have 75 per cent acceptance by the people across the country, our success is not just in the north but also in the south.
“Both north and south, we had clear victories. In the South-south, we had clear victories. In the South-west, we had clear victories. In the North-west, we had clear victories. In the North-east, we had clear victories. In the north-central, we had clear victories.
“It tells you that in Nigeria, APC is the most accepted party across the country. And that’s the same thing we’ve made in Nigeria. So, expect that 2027 is going to be the same thing.
“So forget the rhetorics on TV and television. We are not addressing television. We are addressing the people at the grassroots.”
Yilwatda explained that the policies of the APC-led federal government are progressive in nature.
He stated: “So we don’t address the bourgeois. We don’t address the rich. We address the poorest of the poor. And that’s what our policies are.
“And our target is to ensure that Nigerians, not people on TV, but Nigerians who believe in us, who have confidence in the party, who like progressive policies of the government, who like the bold step taken by the government to ensure that we make changes and bring policies that are creating the real changes that has never been seen before in this country.
“That belief is what people are making. People are voting for the party, and believe me, 2027 is a near-sure victory for us as a party.”