Former Deputy Senate Majority Leader Bala Na’Allah has stated that recent defections into the All Progressives Congress (APC) do not guarantee success in the 2027 general elections.
Speaking on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Na’Allah emphasized that the ruling party must focus on governance and convincing Nigerians rather than merely counting defectors.
“The APC has to work to seriously convince the people that whatever they are going through is reasonably necessary for the purpose of positioning the country for a greater future,” he said.
Na’Allah also highlighted the party’s origins, noting that APC members came together when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in power, believing that PDP had failed to provide Nigerians with adequate governance. “Now don’t forget that the ruling party then was PDP, and when APC came, we were very few members who believed that the trajectory of PDP for the years that they have been ruling has not succeeded in at least giving Nigerians the comfort to say their country was in safe hands,” he recalled.
On the recent wave of defections by governors, including Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf, Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang, and Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas, Na’Allah argued that electoral outcomes will ultimately depend on performance at the state level.
“These defections that we are talking about, a defection made by people who hold authority in their various states. To a larger extent, what they are able to do in their various states will determine the followership,” he said.
He concluded that the APC’s success in 2027 will rest on its ability to earn the confidence of Nigerians, not on the number of politicians switching parties.
Elijah Adeyemi
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