The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, for claiming that the opposition party will take over Aso Rock and the Lagos State government in 2027.

The former Osun State Governor made the remarks on Saturday during a political gathering in Lagos. Aregbesola was in the state to welcome the leader of the Labour Party’s Conscience Forum, Moshood Salvador, who officially defected with his members to the ADC.

Reacting to the statement, Lagos APC, through its spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, mocked Aregbesola, saying that a man who was once a “landlord” in the ruling party has now become a “tenant” in what it described as a mushroom opposition party.

“Here is a man who was once a proud landlord in the progressive family, now reduced to a wandering tenant in a mushroom opposition party. From Lagos Commissioner to Osun Governor and then Minister, Aregbe ate, dined, and thrived on the APC table. Today, in a desperate bid for relevance, he is busy setting fire to the same house that made him. That, dear Nigerians, is political suicide of the highest order,” Oladejo said.

The APC further stated that if the ADC believes Aregbesola can lead them to electoral victory, they are only preparing for failure.

According to the spokesperson, putting the former governor at the forefront of a fight against the APC is “a recipe for disaster.”

“Ogbeni Aregbesola’s rant is less a threat to APC and more a public obituary of his own political relevance. By turning his back on the progressive family that made him, he has written himself out of history and into the footnotes of infamy. If ADC insists on betting its future on a man dismantling his own legacy, then the only ‘takeover’ awaiting them in 2027 will be a takeover by ridicule,” the statement added.