As the drums of 2027 beat louder across the nation, one reality shakes the political landscape to its foundation: there is absolutely no vacancy in Aso Rock.
Not for gamblers.
Not for emotional merchants.
Not for political comedians.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mandate is not nearing completion ! it is entering its most decisive chapter. The fruits of his reforms are unfolding, his networks expanding, and his structure tightening like a steel fist around 2027 and beyond.
This is not wishful thinking.
This is not propaganda.
This is brutal political truth backed by history, structure, and unstoppable momentum.
No leader in the Fourth Republic has built the level of political dominance Asiwaju commands today. This is the man who:
Survived and triumphed when PDP swept the entire South West in 2003. Raised governors, ministers, and national figures the opposition only dreams about.
Built the most powerful North South coalition ever seen in Nigeria, a coalition that uprooted a 16-year ruling party in 2015 and defeated three formidable candidates in 2023 despite propaganda, threats, and coordinated smear campaigns.
Asiwaju does not lose political battles, he invents the strategies others end up copying.
While weak hearted politicians trembled, President Tinubu took the boldest decisions of any leader in modern Nigeria: removing the fraudulent subsidy cartel, killing the corrupt multiple exchange rate system, boosting revenues, stabilising governance, and reopening Nigeria to global finance.
These are reforms for nation builders, not for political children. These reforms require continuity, not a handover to comedians and noise makers.
Today, the alliances behind President Tinubu are a political fortress: Northern governors remain solidly aligned with him, the same governors who delivered millions of votes in 2023.
The South West remains the most disciplined and united political bloc in the country. The Middle Belt remains steadily the APC territory.
Governors, senators, House members, and opposition heavyweights are defecting into APC because nobody wants to sink with a sinking ship.
Meanwhile, the opposition is collapsing under its own weight: PDP has become a battlefield, governors fighting presidential hopefuls, elders attacking the NWC, and factions running parallel structures.
The Labour Party has become a circus of court cases and leadership coups. Other parties exist only as Twitter handles and WhatsApp groups.
How do you defeat Jagaban ,the man with a continental political empire when you cannot even organise your own party congress?
In 2027, Nigerians will not risk their future on emotional politicians who cannot organise ward meetings. They will choose competence over confusion, stability over sentiment, and continuity over chaos.
Even in the discomfort of reforms, Nigerians know the truth, you do not stop surgery midway because the pain increases, you continue until healing is complete.
President Tinubu embodies the courage, clarity, and competence that Nigeria needs at this moment. His leadership is not a four year adventure; it is a multi year transformation agenda that must run to 2031.
His victory pattern is too loud to ignore, 1999: Wins Lagos against entrenched interests. 2003: Stands as the lone AD governor, a one man army. 2007–2015: Builds Africa’s strongest opposition force. 2015: Delivers the first opposition victory in Nigeria’s history.
2019: Sustain national dominance. 2023: Wins the most chaotic and unpredictable election of the Fourth Republic.
This type of man does not lose to noise, hashtags, or frustrated politicians chasing relevance.
Let the opposition scream.
Let critics curse.
Let bitter losers join hands with propagandists.
Let political tourists dance around the media. None of them can defeat a man backed by structure, loyalty, strategy, and destiny.
The verdict is settled:
No vacancy in Aso Rock in 2027.
Not while Nigeria is being rebuilt.
Not while the pillars of progress are rising.
Not while Asiwaju’s coalition continues to expand.
Not while Nigerians crave stability over confusion.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is marching to 2031, and no noise, no propaganda, no emotional politics can stop it.
Musa Asiru Bakare
APC Member, political analyst.
Lokoja, Kogi State
November 18, 2025