NPA chairman Dayo Adeyeye predicts Tinubu will win all 36 states in 2027

The Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, says the All Progressives Congress will win all 36 states in the 2027 presidential election and that the African Democratic Congress is no serious threat to President Bola Tinubu's re-election bid. These are his own claims, made to journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, according to Vanguard and Galaxy Television.

Adeyeye, who is also National Chairman of the South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), was assessing the political landscape ahead of the 2027 general election. He dismissed any suggestion that the APC is nervous about the opposition. "How can the APC be afraid of anything with the political atmosphere we have now?" he asked.

He said he had predicted more than three months ago that Tinubu was likely to win all 36 states and is becoming increasingly convinced that it will happen. "ADC is a party without a governor in any of the 36 states. How many members does it have in the National Assembly? How many state assemblies does it control? You cannot compare a party without a demonstrable political structure with the APC," he said.

The former senator also questioned the political strength of the ADC's presidential candidate, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. He alleged that Atiku lacks enough support even in his home state of Adamawa, and argued that strong backing at home is essential for any presidential candidate seeking national acceptance.

Adeyeye said Tinubu has built a solid political foundation across the South-West and that his support base has continued to grow beyond the region.

The remarks add to a growing run of claims from both camps as the campaign season builds. The ADC has not responded to Adeyeye's comments in the reports reviewed, and its leaders have in recent days been dealing with a court dispute over the party's leadership and a rival claim over its ticket.

Winning all 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory would be unusual in Nigerian presidential history. In the 2023 election, the results were split across regions, and no candidate has taken every state in a competitive race. Predictions of this kind are common from party loyalists in the lead-up to polls and are tested only when votes are counted.

For now, the statement is a campaign position from a senior ally of the president, who also holds a federal appointment, rather than a forecast based on published polling.