The current architecture of Nigeria’s national politics indicate that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has entrenched itself as a political heavyweight, a dominant juggernaut controlling the levers of state power and dictating the tempo of national discourse. The party has weaponized incumbency, consolidated elite consensus, and mastered the art of coalition-building, turning governance into a battlefield where opposition forces struggle for oxygen. The APC today operates as a command-and-control political machine, strategically positioned across the executive, legislature, and subnational power blocs. With the presidency as its fortress and a formidable majority in key political institutions, the party has successfully neutralized ideological threats, absorbed defectors, and expanded its hegemony through calculated realignment This is not accidental politics; it is structured dominance.
Opposition parties, on the other hand, resemble political casualties in waiting. Fragmented, ideologically bankrupt, and trapped in endless internal contradictions, they’ve become shadows of what an alternative government should be. Their leadership is plagued by ego wars, factionalism, and strategic incompetence, leaving the political space polluted with noise but devoid of vision. In this environment, what they require is not rebranding or press statements—they need a political undertaker to bury outdated strategies, expired leadership, and hollow rhetoric.
Nigeria’s political arena has shifted from mere competition to survival of the fittest. While the APC consolidates power through grassroots penetration, institutional capture, and elite bargaining, opposition parties continue to engage in ceremonial opposition, reactive politics without structure, and resistance without strategy. This imbalance has transformed national politics into a one-party-dominant system masquerading as pluralism. The reality is brutal and unapologetic: the APC has mastered power politics, while others are still rehearsing democracy. Until the opposition undergoes a radical ideological rebirth, embracing discipline, unity, and strategic clarity, they will remain politically irrelevant, mere spectators in a game they no longer understand
In Nigeria’s national political theatre, the APC is not just carrying heavyweight credentials; it is rewriting the rules of engagement. And for opposition parties that refuse to evolve, the undertaker is already sharpening his tools—ready to consign them to the graveyard of political history. Politics, after all, shows no mercy to the weak.
Edison Atumeyi Edime
Political Activist and Youths Advocate. 07068760054
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