{"id":179338,"date":"2025-09-18T08:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:55:56","slug":"opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda","title":{"rendered":"Opposition coalition against APC dead on arrival \u2013 Yilwatda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed the opposition parties\u2019 planned coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, saying it is dead on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a radio programme in Jos, Yilwatda said the ruling party is not threatened by any politician or coalition, including the possibility of former President Goodluck Jonathan contesting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAPC is not scared of any name in Nigeria,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur engines and machineries are well oiled and prepared to win elections emphatically. The issue is not about individuals but about the party. Which vehicle will carry Jonathan? Is it ADC? Is it PDP?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He mocked the strength of the opposition, describing them as fragmented and lacking a national presence.<\/p>\n<p>He said the opposition parties are currently scattered into small local groups without any real national presence.<\/p>\n<p>Yilwatda also accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State of poor governance, claiming it has the worst corruption cases under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed the opposition parties\u2019 planned coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, saying it is dead on arrival. Speaking during a radio programme in Jos, Yilwatda said the ruling party is not threatened by any politician or coalition, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,7919,254,8645],"class_list":["post-179338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-coalition","tag-nigeria","tag-yilwatda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Opposition coalition against APC dead on arrival \u2013 Yilwatda - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed the opposition p ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opposition coalition against APC dead on arrival \u2013 Yilwatda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed the opposition p ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-18T07:49:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-18T08:55:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758173350.929677.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"722\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Opposition coalition against APC dead on arrival \u2013 Yilwatda\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-18T07:49:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-18T08:55:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758173350.929677.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Coalition\",\"Nigeria\",\"Yilwatda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/opposition-coalition-against-apc-dead-on-arrival-yilwatda\",\"name\":\"Opposition coalition against APC dead on arrival \u2013 Yilwatda - 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