ABUJA — The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has called on Nigeria’s opposition parties to bury their individual ambitions and forge a common front ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Minority Leader of the House, Fredrick Agbedi, made the call while speaking at the G100 Opposition Summit in Abuja, where he stressed that opposition unity would be crucial to challenging the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Agbedi said the Minority Caucus was not committed to any particular opposition party, presidential aspirant or candidate, insisting that its main concern was the emergence of a united opposition capable of mounting a serious challenge in 2027.
According to him, the political strategy that brought the APC to power in 2015 could be successfully replicated if opposition parties are prepared to work together.
“If we are united, what the APC did in 2015, we can repeat it. We can do it,” Agbedi said.
The lawmaker cautioned that allowing opposition votes to be fragmented among several presidential candidates could weaken the collective strength of parties seeking to unseat the APC.
He noted that opposition parties could collectively command millions of votes but still fall short of victory if those votes were divided among competing candidates.
Agbedi therefore urged political leaders to look beyond personal interests and make the sacrifices necessary to build a formidable opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 polls.
He also appealed to party members and supporters to put pressure on their respective leaders to embrace the unity process, stressing that a successful alliance would require commitment from both the political leadership and the grassroots.
The Minority Leader’s remarks come amid growing efforts by opposition parties and political groups to explore possible alliances ahead of the 2027 presidential election, with unity increasingly emerging as a major theme in discussions on how to challenge the APC.
For Agbedi, the lesson from 2015 is clear: a divided opposition could struggle to win, but a united one has the numbers to make a serious bid for power.
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