Senate President Godswill Akpabio has delivered one of the most blunt and definitive political verdicts of Nigeria’s pre-2027 season, declaring without mincing words that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is politically dead — as a devastating and seemingly unstoppable tsunami of defections continues to hollow out the party’s presence in the National Assembly.
Akpabio’s characteristically sharp and unfiltered reaction comes as lawmakers who had staked their legislative careers on the ADC platform scramble en masse for the exit, seeking new and more politically viable platforms ahead of what promises to be a fiercely contested 2027 general election cycle.
The Senate President, who has never been known to soften his political pronouncements, described the scale and speed of the defections as a clear and irreversible sign that the ADC has lost all credibility, structure, and political relevance as a national party — effectively rendering it a spent political force incapable of mounting any meaningful opposition to the ruling APC.
The defection wave, which has claimed some of the ADC’s most prominent figures including Peter Obi, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and former Kano Deputy Governor Abdullahi Gwarzo, has left the party’s national leadership visibly shaken and scrambling to prevent what many now describe as a total and irreversible organisational collapse.
Akpabio’s declaration that the ADC is dead is being widely interpreted in political circles as the ruling APC’s official assessment of the opposition landscape — and a signal that the party feels increasingly confident about its prospects heading into 2027 with the opposition in profound disarray.
Political observers say the Senate President’s remarks, however blunt, reflect a growing consensus among Nigerian political watchers that the ADC, as currently constituted, no longer possesses the structure, leadership, or membership base needed to function as a credible national political party.
All eyes are now on what remains of the ADC’s national leadership and whether any credible rescue plan can be mounted before the party fades entirely from Nigeria’s political map.
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