Phrank Shaibu: Hunger, economic hardship will defeat APC in 2027

Phrank Shaibu, special assistant on public communication to former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will lose the 2027 presidential election due to rising hunger and economic hardship. 

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Shaibu described the Bola Tinubu administration as a group of “urban bandits” who gained power through manipulation rather than merit.

He said Nigerians are already counting the cost of poor governance and would reject the ruling party at the polls.

“No amount of propaganda can cover hunger. No PR can spin poverty,” he said.

“When salaries are worthless, businesses are folding, and hope is taxed, no billboard or ‘thank you’ rally can save you.”

He said the APC government promised “Renewed Hope” but delivered “Renewed Hardship”.

“Fuel is unaffordable, the naira has collapsed, and food prices have become a daily affliction,” he said.

According to him, the opposition, which the president referred to as “political IDPs”, has not lost relevance.

“They are political refugees only in form, not in influence. If anything, they have gained strength in exile,” he said.

He said figures like Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Nasir el-Rufai are coming together with a common goal of rescuing Nigeria.

“From Atiku to Obi, from Amaechi to el-Rufai, they are uniting — not just to win, but to rescue,” he said.

Shaibu added that the youth, especially those left disappointed by the 2023 election outcome, would be more strategic in 2027.

“The Urban Bandits may have mocked their hashtags, but they will soon learn that hashtags grow into hurricanes,” he said.

He also claimed that the international community, dissatisfied with the Tinubu administration’s performance, is quietly shifting support.

Shaibu stated that the opposition would emerge victorious in 2027, saying “the robbed will rise with the people behind them”.

On June 25, Gabriel Suswam, former governor of Benue and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the proposed opposition coalition has the potential to unseat the APC in 2027.

Suswam said Nigerians are fed up with the economic direction of the Tinubu administration.

“There is no Nigerian that is not affected by the economic policies of this administration and so I believe that the coalition will be the party to beat, and so if I am in the ruling party I should be worried about it,” he said.