The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has dismissed the prediction by Prof. Udenta Udenta that the party will collapse before the 2027 general elections.
APC’s spokesman, Mr. Seye Oladejo, in a statement on Wednesday, described Udenta’s comments as “cheap theatrics and empty talk.”
Udenta, the founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy, had said during a TV interview on Tuesday that “APC will collapse before 2027.”
Reacting, Oladejo insisted that the ruling party was not weakening but instead “increasing in leaps and bounds and getting stronger each day.”
He said: “Predicting the fall of a party from a studio chair does not make the forecast true. Prof. Udenta’s interview was loud on rhetoric and short on evidence – a predictable pattern when critics mistake wishful thinking for analysis. We invite him to step out of the broadcast booth and tour our structures, where millions of Nigerians are organising, volunteering, and registering their commitment to progressive governance.”
While acknowledging Udenta’s reputation as a professor of cultural studies and creative writing, Oladejo warned against mistaking fiction for reality.
According to him, politics belongs to the real world and should not be reduced to “fake prophetic permutations” or “sports-betting-style political forecasts.”
“Such risky predictions could publicly undress otherwise respected personalities if not grounded in facts,” he added. “Our dear professor will do well to maintain his lane or should we now be asking: is Prof. Udenta also among the prophets?”
Oladejo stressed that the APC’s strength lay in its unity, expansion, and focus on service delivery, institutional reform, and broadening national reach.
“Panic is the party that spends its days persuading its few notable members not to abandon ship. On the flip side, APC’s unity and expansion defines stability and defies the prophets of doom,” he said.
He concluded that the APC would not be distracted by “melodrama” or collapse predictions.
“To those peddling collapse fantasies, we say: do your worst. We will continue to govern, organise, and win both at the ballot box and in communities where Nigerians live their daily lives,” he declared.
