The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has dismissed moves by opposition parties to form a coalition against President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, predicting that the alliance will soon unravel due to internal divisions and competing personal ambitions.
In a statement issued on Friday, the party’s spokesman, Seye Oladejo, said the ongoing coalition talks lack cohesion and are already being undermined by rivalry among key political figures.
According to Oladejo, what is being presented to the public as a formidable opposition alliance is, in reality, an unstable arrangement driven largely by power struggles rather than a shared national vision.
“What is being marketed as a coalition is, in reality, a congregation of serial presidential aspirants, each unwilling to subordinate ego to collective purpose,” he said.
Oladejo argued that the group lacks ideological depth, moral cohesion and a common agenda for Nigeria, insisting that its focus appears to be solely on gaining power at all costs.
“From the outset, this assemblage has lacked ideological glue, moral cohesion, or a shared vision for Nigeria beyond a desperate fixation on power,” he added. “Coalitions thrive on compromise; this one suffocates under entitlement.”
The APC spokesman further claimed that behind the public rhetoric and optimism surrounding the talks lies a fragile alliance weighed down by distrust and conflicting ambitions.
“Beneath the noise and contrived optimism lies a fragile contraption wobbling under the weight of personal ambitions, mutual distrust, and irreconcilable contradictions,” Oladejo said.
He noted that public ultimatums and preconditions being issued by opposition leaders have exposed deep cracks within the group, adding that negotiations have been replaced by demands for guaranteed presidential and vice-presidential tickets.
According to him, recent appeals by opposition figures asking their supporters to stop attacking one another online and offline reflect growing internal hostility, reinforcing claims that the coalition lacks unity and direction.
