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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has said the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) poses no serious challenge to the ruling party ahead of the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n

Yilwatda made the remark on Tuesday while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today<\/em>, where he downplayed the political strength of key figures driving the opposition coalition under the ADC.<\/p>\n

\u201cADC is not a match at all for the APC. For every one person they have, we have five, six of them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also dismissed the political weight of some opposition leaders, including the ADC national chairman and former Senate President, David Mark.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they have David Mark as former Senate President, we have Ahmad Lawan, we have two former Senate Presidents from the South East,\u201d Yilwatda added.<\/p>\n

The APC chairman rejected claims that the ruling party was under pressure or threatened by the growing opposition coalition, insisting that the party was not forcing civil servants to join its ranks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have never asked anybody, we have never appealed to any civil servant. Nobody has forced any civil servant in a letter, verbal\u200a\u2014\u200ayou can bring one video to that effect and I will apologise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He further suggested that allegations of forced recruitment were politically motivated.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe the opposition is forcing civil servants so they will have numbers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Yilwatda also said the APC was not worried by the calibre of opposition leaders reportedly aligning with the ADC, including former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, former Anambra State governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as well as former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola.<\/p>\n

According to him, the steady influx of governors from opposition parties into the APC is evidence that the ruling party remains the political force to beat.<\/p>\n

In a separate recent interview on Trust TV, Yilwatda had accused opposition parties of relying more on media appearances than grassroots mobilisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOpposition parties spend more time on TV talking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not our duty to help our enemies to grow. We can\u2019t feed our enemies. It\u2019s not our duty. They should labour, they should go to the streets,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Yilwatda said the APC\u2019s political strength was built largely through behind-the-scenes mobilisation across states, rather than public commentary on television.<\/p>\n

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