The National Leader of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said no member of the opposition party sleeps with its two eyes closed.

Baba-Ahmed, a former aide to President Bola Tinubu said only members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, sleep with their two eyes closed.

He spoke against the backdrop of the Federal High Court judgment in Lokoja, Kogi State, which deregistered the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.

The court had set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to register the NDC as a political party.

The judgement was sequel to an application by the Peace Movement Party, PMP, which asked that the December 2025 judgment be set aside because it was not joined in the suit.

In his judgment, Justice Isah Dashen declared that all relevant parties must be heard before any substantive decision can be made in the matter.

Reacting in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Baba-Ahmed said: “I don’t think any party in the opposition sleeps with both eyes, every party except APC.

“It is very unnerving what happened in court Today with the NDC. Any party that tells you they are comfortable, then they are not serious about being a political party in Nigeria.”

By Vincent Ujumadu

Former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has alleged that there are efforts by the Federal Government to prevent him from participating in the 2027 presidential election, expressing confidence that such attempts would not succeed.

Obi made the remarks while speaking at Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State.

According to him, despite the challenges facing his political ambition, he remains determined to pursue his presidential bid.

“If I tell you about what I am going through today, I won’t be here. Today, everything is being done to ensure that Peter Obi won’t be on the ballot next year.

“But I tell you, they won’t succeed. We are determined because if you live where there is no obstacle, then you don’t have the political will to change the society. It is the obstacle that strengthens leaders.

“I know that for me to get there, I must surmount obstacles. Things will be difficult, but determination is what will take us there. The important thing is for me to reach my destination,” he said.

Obi also urged eligible Nigerians to register to vote and obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), stressing the importance of participating in the electoral process.

“If you don’t vote, you are hurting your future,” he said.

The former governor maintained that his presidential aspiration is based on competence rather than ethnicity.

“I am contesting the presidential election not because I am an Igbo man, but because I am competent. Of all those contesting for president, I am the most qualified,” he said.

Obi also challenged other presidential aspirants, including President Bola Tinubu, to a public debate on their plans for the country.

“I challenge any of them to a debate to say what they want to do for this country, including the incumbent president. I want to change Nigeria,” he said.

Director of the Abuja School of Social Thought and Politics, Sam Amadi, has hinted that President Bola Tinubu seems “extreme and desperate to avoid losing the 2027 presidential election.

Amadi said President Tinubu might lose and it could lead to extreme response.

Posting on X, Amadi faulted Tinubu’s political strategy ahead of the 2027 elections.

He wrote: “@officialABAT strategy to avoid electoral loss in 2027 seems extreme and desperate. I believe he will lose out. But it could lead to extreme response.

“The tragedy is that the current desperation and recklessness may destroy the entire edifice of Nigerian democracy even in their failure.

“I hope there are enough patriots to step in and save Nigeria when that happens. May Nigeria survive.”