2027 General Elections: Consider ADC As Viable Alternative To APC, Others-Lagos State ADC LGA Chairmen

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Bureau Chief, South West, Nigeria

With less than17 months before the next General Elections in Nigeria, Lagos State Local Government Areas (LGAs) Chairmen of the African Democratic Congress(ADC), are urging and advising Nigerians to consider ADC as a viable alternative to the ruling party and vote massively for it come 2027.

At an international press conference, weekend in Festac Town, Lagos, south west, Nigeria,  the ADC LGA Chairmen, speaking through their Chairman, Hon. Ugochukwu Anaere, who doubles as the Chairman of ADC in Ibeju Lekki LGA, noted that Nigerians continued to suffer untold hardship with the incumbent government’s programmes and projects seemingly very far at addressing them and affirmed the readiness of the African Democratic Congress to change the ugly narrative in 2027.

The Lagos State ADC LGA Chairmen commended the National and State Leaderships , under the very Distinguished Senator David Mark and Hon. George Ashiru, respectively, and urged them to remain focused on the party’s manifesto, while being guided by the ADC Constitution.

Their address reads in part:

“Constitutional , Judicial And Electoral Reforms

Lagos State ADC Chairmen is of the strong view that the sanctity of the 2027 elections cannot be guaranteed unless  certain aspects of the 1999 Constitution(as amended) and the 2022 Electoral Act are urgently amended.  As it is presently constituted, we believe the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) is truly not independent and we urgently demand that the powers to appoint the leadership of the electoral umpire should not be vested with the President.  Ditto the appointment of the Justices of the Supreme Court.

Attacks And Threat of Attacks

Virtually all our colleagues from the 20 LGAs in the state have reported one form of threat and or attack and we have escalated these to the party hierarchy and the law enforcement agencies, particularly the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services(DSS).  Regrettably, these threats and attacks appear intractable.

Mustapha Adekunle aka (Sego)

Friday, October 4, 2025 the whole nation, particularly, Lagos residents,  woke up to witness one of the most  careless, barbaric, uncivilized, provocative, impunitive, intimidative and dreadful threatening statements  aimed  to kill, victimize and punish anyone who is a real and or perceived opposition member in another political party and particular mention was made of the bourgeoning African Democratic Congress  and its faithfuls in Lagos State, credited to Mr. Mustapha Adekunle, aka Sego, the current Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers(NURTW) Lagos State Chapter. What his predecessor, MC oluomo did during 2023 general elections, when he forcefully stopped eligible voters from voting for their preferred candidates, and nothing was done to him, is still fresh in our minds, hence a likely repetition of such ugly sad events, which many Nigerians are ready to resist this time around,  as the country belongs to all of us and no individual has monopoly of bad behaviors.

Recall that some weeks ago, a carefully planned coalition welcoming event, at the instance of the African Democratic Congress, was literally turned into a crime scene in Alimosho, where these same elements,  working in concert with the Nigeria Police Force(NPF), maimed some of our party faithfuls and destroyed and carted away property running into millions of naira.

To our mind, the threats coming from the NURTW Chairman, at a time like this, when the election is fast approaching, being championed by their cohorts and federal paymasters, is a signpost of violence that is to come. It is a pointer to their preparedness to unleash mayhem during the elections in 2027 and are we going to fold our arms and watch them carry out this threat?

Considering the fact we are the grassroot leaders of our great party, the threat did not go down well with us as it quickly simply reminded us of the high level of impunity and brigandage, lawlessness and electoral  violence that reared its ugly head during the 2023 General  Elections, wherein  matchets, bottles and guns were freely used in different parts of Lagos to scare innocent harmless voters from exercising their civic rights of casting their votes for their preferred candidates. During the 2023 elections, in some parts of Lagos State, voters were openly  and forcefully compelled to vote for the APC or turned back home.

With 17 months or thereabout before the 2027 General Elections, we cannot treat the real and or imagined threats from Sego and his numerous co-travellers with levity.  To do so would be most irresponsible.  By this International Press Conference, we are simply collectively saying here that we do not want our voices, as the grassroot leaders of our great party, to be silenced  and the fortunes of the party eclipsed. We do not want ballot boxes snatched, stolen, grabbed-at-gun-point or victims of matchet cuts and bruises litter our polling units anymore as 2027 approaches. We do not want our members and leaders to be intimidated, harassed or brutalized anymore by any individual or groups of persons  under any guise anymore,  and appeal,  to you, gentlemen of the press, that you use your esteemed  media platforms to ventilate these grave concerns of ours and cause relevant national and subnational authorities to cause adequate steps to be taken to secure our votes and protect the lives and property of Nigerian voters, irrespective of their state, religion, creed, party affiliations and so on.

We make bold to say that without the full backing of the federal government, these threats cannot happen easily without the perpetrators being timeously arrested and prosecuted by the Police working in concert with the  and DSS.  We are afraid Sego’s threat was clear, open and direct. How do we, as a polity, respond to it?

Nigeria is a Democracy, with over 50 political parties and Nigerians are free to join any party of their choice and aspire to any political office in the land if  they so wish without any fear of intimidation or hindrance.

The ADC is a law-abiding and popular grassroot-based political party with zero tolerance to indiscipline and violence. Being the leaders at this critical cell of our great party, we condemn Sego’s threats in all its ramifications and demand his immediate arrest and open prosecution as a proof that the Law is not a respecter of persons.

Ongoing Continuous Voter Registration Exercise

We commend INEC for its diligence so far and urge and advise it to cause their personnel  to take their tools to the remotest parts of the land in order to ensure eligible Nigerians are captured and their data updated to enable them exercise their fundamental right to vote and be voted for.”

In conclusion, Lagos State ADC LGA Chairmen stated that ADC was desperate to reposition Nigeria. “From the emerging signs, ADC is the party that will reposition Nigeria for the expected greatness come 2027,” stated Anaere.