“Everybody Knows He Didn’t Win,- Abaribe Questions Tinubu’s Mandate, Predicts APC Loss in 2027

• Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has openly questioned the legitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s 2023 election victory, despite its affirmation by the Supreme Court.
• While acknowledging Tinubu as the sitting president, Abaribe expressed confidence that public dissatisfaction over economic hardship would lead to the President’s defeat in 2027.
• He also argued that recent defections to the APC would ultimately weaken the ruling party and strengthen the opposition.

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) has publicly questioned the legitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 presidential election, despite the Supreme Court affirming the win.

Speaking with Channels TV, Mr. Abaribe stated: “Tinubu never won the 2023 election, and everybody knows it,”.

While acknowledging Tinubu’s current status, the Senator vowed that the opposition would prevail in the next election. He said, “But we said fine, he has been declared the winner, no problem. We acknowledge him as president, but we are going to meet him in the field, and I will see how he is going to cobble together what will make him win again,”.

Abaribe expressed confidence that the public’s growing frustration over current economic hardships would be a major factor in the 2027 elections. He predicted the President would lose: “Everybody loses elections, and you will see when the time comes. He will lose in 2027 because I know what Nigerians are feeling outside,”.

He also warned that the opposition and the masses are preparing: “It won’t work because this time everybody will be ready. It will no longer be an announcement at 3:00 a.m. before people wake up in the morning. This time, people are ready, we are ready, and the masses are even more ready,”.

Regarding the recent wave of defections to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Abaribe claimed the defections only benefit the opposition by consolidating problems within the APC. He commented, “I think it is very good for us in the opposition that these defections are happening. All the APC is doing is absorbing all the problems it is going to face. They are right inside the party now. Ask yourself, in all the states where there are defections, what is going on there now?”.

Tinubu will lose in the 2027 election; He Never won in 2023

We are going to meet him in the field, and we will see how he will couple together that thing that will make him win again; it won't work!

– Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator, Abia South Senatorial District#PoliticsToday pic.twitter.com/efkYBRUT97

— Channels Television (@channelstv) December 15, 2025