Akpabio Tells Tinubu: More Opposition Governors Set to Join APC Before 2027

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged President Bola Tinubu to prepare for the defection of more opposition governors to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Akpabio disclosed that several opposition governors were already concluding arrangements to join the APC, adding that Nigerians were beginning to appreciate the reforms and policies of the Tinubu administration.

He made the remark on Tuesday in Owerri, Imo State, during the launch of Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria, a book authored by Governor Hope Uzodimma, as well as at the commissioning of projects by President Tinubu.

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, the Senate President told Tinubu:

“Mr. President, with what you have done in the last two years, get ready to receive more governors from the opposition parties. As I speak, there are several governors in Nigeria today ready to be received by you.”

Akpabio emphasized that reforms introduced under the Tinubu administration were yielding results.

“The students, farmers, and businessmen are speaking on the various reforms you have brought into governance which are now in the overall interest of the people. If we say it, they will accuse us of rubber-stamping your achievements, but the beneficiaries are the ones testifying to what you have done.”

He also praised Governor Uzodimma for documenting the APC’s achievements over the last decade, stressing that development should be judged by action, not rhetoric.

“I believe strongly in development and progress. If you don’t tell your story, others will tell it for you. The quality of works done by the Governor is very high, and the people of Imo State must be very excited,” Akpabio said.

Reflecting on his tenure as Akwa Ibom State governor 18 years ago, Akpabio described himself as a progressive, citing projects he executed as proof. He congratulated Uzodimma and the APC leadership for the progress recorded by the party in the past 10 years.