2027 Election: “Why Governors Defecting to APC Won’t Help Tinubu,” Melaye Explains
- Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has sent a crucial message to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 election
- Senator Melaye said the defection of state governors to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not help Tinubu
- Melaye explained why governors defecting to the ruling APC will not help President Tinubu's re-election bid in 2027
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FCT, Abuja - Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, said the defection of governors to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not help President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Melaye said the 2027 election will be the fall of the old, corrupt guard and the rise of the underdogs who refuse to bow.
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He said the 2023 presidential election showed that governors with deep-pocketed financiers and entrenched political networks could not deliver their states.
The controversial politician stated this in a post shared via his Facebook account on Monday, October 20, 2025.
“The 2027 election will not be an election of governors; it will be an election of the governed. It will not be a contest between party structures but a referendum between citizens and the establishment. It will be the masses against the machinery of corruption; the people against the politics of entitlement.”
He further stated that:
“The handwriting is on the wall. The days when governors dictated presidential outcomes are over. Nigerians have found their voice, and no power bloc can silence it again.”
Melaye said the ADC stands poised to become the party to beat.
He said not by the weight of ADC structure, but by the strength of its conviction and the trust of an awakened electorate.
“It is the time of the rising underdogs, and the ADC is their platform, a movement for those who refuse to be silenced by structure or power.”
Nigerians react as governors defect to APC
Surv Prince Nnabuike Ugwoke
PO is the game changer...tell ATIKU to please step aside and support OBI and pair him with a strong sellable Northerner as running mate; Tambuwal, Baba Ahmed, El'rufai, Bala Mohammed, Kwankwaso etc.
Benjamin Ifeanyi Apugo ·
No elections are ever the same sir . The last elections had the cabals of the ruling party working against their presidential candidate Tinubu . The Governors took LP and Peter Obi for granted . The north also preferred their own Atiku and a northerner to continue . In this next election, everyone is awake , no body is taking anybody for granted anymore .
Joe Nwaeze
The reality is clear — Nigerians are awake, and the era of political manipulation is fading fast. The 2023 election opened the people’s eyes to their collective power, and 2027 will be the ultimate test of that awakening.
We no longer need godfathers or governors to decide our future — the people are the structure now. Every voice counts, and every vote matters. I fully agree that the underdogs will rise, and the corrupt order will fall.
Well said, Senator Dino Melaye — your words echo the conscience of a nation ready for real change.
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Enugu governor Peter Mbah defects to APC
Recall that Enugu state governor Peter Mbah finally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Governor Mbah defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
The governor explained his decision to dump the PDP under which he was elected in 2023, to the ruling APC.
Bayelsa Governor Douye Diri resigns from PDP
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Bayelsa state governor Douye Diri resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), sparking speculation about his next political move.
His decision, announced at the Bayelsa State Government House, received backing from 23 members of the House of Assembly, including the Speaker.
The defection follows a similar move by Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah, who left the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC) just a day earlier.
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