Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose says the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is too old to contest an election.

Featuring in an interview on TVC’s Politics Tonight, Fayose likened Atiku to former US President Joe Biden.

He also said that Atiku’s running mate, Rotimi Amaechi, faces challenges in the South-South due to his lack of political influence.

“Atiku is now really old. He’s a good man, but time has caught up with him. Atiku contesting an election is like calling Biden to come and contest again.

“Let me say this again: President Bola Tinubu, Atiku and Peter Obi, this is their last chance of contesting an election. The three of them.

“In Rivers State, during this election, Amaechi will have very little support. Even the party is not together. Most of these ADC and Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, members are not on ground. Nobody is connected to those parties yet,” he said.

Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has disclosed that the presidential candidates of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, cannot make any headway in 2027 unless a miracle brings both of them together.

Fayose also disclosed that some parts of the North are angry that Rabiu Kwankwaso agreed to be Obi’s presidential running mate in 2027.

Featuring on TVC’s Politics Tonight, the former governor reaffirmed his stance that Atiku and Obi would lose the forthcoming presidential election.

He said: “Let me tell you another bad thing about going to NDC and Kwankwaso. In Kano, a lot of people are aggrieved that Kwankwaso is deputising Obi.

“In the presidential election, Obi has lost already; Atiku has lost already. Except there is a miracle of them coming together, there is no headway.

“Asiwaju won an election without INEC, without the police, without all the government’s strength. Is it now that you want to take the man out? You are fooling yourself.

“It’s too late for a united front because INEC has accredited everybody. Even if you say that you are not doing it again, you are on your own.

“Some idiots were stepping down one week before the Osun election. You are only fooling yourself; it’s late. You have put your feet in the water, so you are already wet.”

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Kawu Baraje, has described governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as “tenants” in government houses, saying the ruling party has lost the confidence of Nigerians ahead of the 2027 general elections.

He stated this while speaking to journalists at the Dutse International Airport on his way to Azare, Bauchi State. 

Baraje noted that the PDP had overcome its internal crises and was now better positioned to regain power in states currently controlled by the APC. According to him, the APC’s previous electoral gains were largely facilitated by internal divisions within the opposition party.

“You see, the APC people who are occupying the government houses today are tenants,” he said.

He maintained that the PDP accepted the outcomes of the 2015 and 2023 elections in the interest of peace, despite having reservations over the results.

“But as you can see what is going on now, people are rejecting them totally and clamouring for the return of the PDP. So, it is some kind of revolution,” Baraje added.

The former PDP chairman expressed confidence that the party’s renewed unity and reconciliation would strengthen its prospects ahead of the 2027 polls, adding that Nigerians are increasingly demanding the return of the opposition. He predicted that the PDP would reclaim Bauchi, Jigawa, and other states currently governed by the APC in the next general elections.

Baraje’s comments come amid increasing political activities and realignments by major political parties ahead of the 2027 elections, with opposition parties seeking to regain ground in states controlled by the APC.