Prof. Udenta Udenta, former presidential adviser and founding National Secretary of the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD), has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 general elections if the opposition fields a ticket pairing Labour Party's Peter Obi with a northern candidate. He made the remarks during an interview on Channels Television's Sunday Politics, where he sharply criticised the Tinubu administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Udenta described the APC as lacking ideological grounding, calling it a "special purpose vehicle" created solely to remove the PDP from power in 2015. He argued that the party has failed to govern since then and claimed Nigerians are worse off now than under former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Udenta attributed widespread hardship to the administration's policies, dismissing official claims of macroeconomic stability as disconnected from the reality of hunger and rising costs of food, rent, and medicine. He stated that the Tinubu presidency has intensified the failures of the Buhari era, particularly in security, corruption, and governance. The political analyst alleged that the government is manipulating the political environment ahead of 2027, including shaping INEC to its advantage, which he interprets as a sign of fear. Despite acknowledging internal divisions in opposition parties, Udenta expressed confidence they would regroup and build a viable platform before the election. He maintained that the APC's control of states and political structures does not ensure victory, as the 2027 vote will be determined by the government's performance.
Udenta emphasized coalition-building and zoning, noting Peter Obi's prominence in the South as a key factor.
Udenta claims the APC is a directionless entity propped up by political machinery, yet he offers no evidence that a Peter Obi-north alliance can overcome that same machinery. His assertion that opposition unity will organically emerge ignores the very infighting he admits has weakened the bloc. If the APC is truly on shaky ground, why assume opposition forces won't collapse before finding a secure platform? The gap between his confidence in Obi's southern appeal and the lack of a named northern partner undermines the viability of his entire prediction.
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