Opposition political parties have resolved to work towards fielding one presidential candidate for the 2027 elections.
The opposition parties disclosed this in a communiqué issued at the end of a one-day National Summit held on Saturday April 25, 2026 in Ibadan, Oyo State.
They vowed to resist all machinations by the APC to foist a one-party State on Nigeria and fight for the survival of multi-party democracy in our country.
The parties stated that despite the onslaughts and manoeuvrings of the ruling party, the APC to impose President Bola Tinubu as the sole Presidential candidate in 2027; they will field candidates and contest the 2027 Presidential and other elections.
They also stated that the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, having shown bias and partisanship in favour of the ruling APC, should not conduct the 2027 general elections as Nigerians across board have lost confidence in him and his capacity to guarantee the required neutrality to deliver free, fair, transparent and credible elections.
” His continuous stay in office is vexatious and capable of triggering wide spread crisis in our nation”, they added.
The participating parties called on the National Assembly to immediately review the Electoral Act, 2026 as well as remove all sections that threaten the sanctity and integrity of the elections and run counter to constitutional provisions.
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They also called for the immediate release of all leading politicians that are being detained or harassed on bailable offfences, adding that such politicians should be allowed to exercise their fundamental rights of participation and inclusivity as Nigerians.
They demanded that INEC should extend the deadline for primaries till the end of July, 2026.
“We consider the recent guidelines released by the INEC as obstacles, deliberately engineered to impose conditions and deadlines on the opposition parties”, the parties stated.
The Summit commended Nigerians for their resilience and readiness to work with opposition parties to free our nation from State capture and thanked the Oyo State Governor Engr. Seyi Makinde and the people of Oyo State for hosting the epochal event.
