{"id":198433,"date":"2026-04-05T21:02:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:10:52","slug":"united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027","title":{"rendered":"United Opposition Can Defeat APC in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kano State, Ibrahim Khalil, has said a united opposition front could defeat the ruling APC in the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Khalil made the statement on Friday while addressing supporters shortly after returning from Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf key political figures such as Rabiu Kwankwaso, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rotimi Amaechi come together, nothing will stop the ADC from defeating the APC in 2027,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Khalil further argued that the current economic hardship faced by many Nigerians could strengthen public support for the opposition if its leaders unite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are already going through hardship and economic difficulties. This will further help us gain the support of the masses, especially if our leaders come together against the APC ahead of 2027,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the strength of such an alliance would be enough to challenge the dominance of the APC at the national level.<\/p>\n<p>Khalil also described the alleged attempt by the ruling party to destabilise ADC through internal crises or political pressure as longstanding and ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe allegations against the APC\u2014of intimidation and attempts to weaken opposition parties\u2014are not new. That has been the pattern of ruling parties from the NPC to the NPN, to the PDP, and now the APC. But such tactics do not last forever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come amid rising political tension in Kano State, following a wave of defections and shifting alliances among key political actors in recent weeks.<\/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. A former governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kano State, Ibrahim Khalil, has said a united opposition front could defeat the ruling APC in the 2027 general elections. Khalil made the statement on Friday while addressing supporters shortly after returning from Saudi Arabia. \u201cIf key political figures such as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"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>United Opposition Can Defeat APC in 2027 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kano State, Ibrahim Khalil, has said a unite ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"United Opposition Can Defeat APC in 2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kano State, Ibrahim Khalil, has said a unite ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T20:02:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T21:10:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775423395.282141.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"United Opposition Can Defeat APC in 2027\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-05T20:02:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T21:10:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775423395.282141.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/united-opposition-can-defeat-apc-in-2027\",\"name\":\"United Opposition Can Defeat APC in 2027 - 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