The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) declared Sunday that the opposition’s victory in the Osun State governorship election serves as a warning that President Bola Tinubu could lose his re-election bid in 2027 to the party’s candidate, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officially declared incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party the winner on Sunday, 16 August 2026, after he polled 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who recorded 444,815 votes. Adeleke won 19 of Osun’s 30 local government areas, while Oyebamiji secured 11.

In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Abubakar, the APM said the outcome in Osun—one of the states where Tinubu has strong political roots—demonstrated that the electorate could defeat an entrenched political establishment when dissatisfied.

“The triumph of the people over the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship election in President Tinubu’s home State, Osun, not only foretastes the defeat that awaits President Tinubu in 2027 but also firmly established Makinde’s people-driven position that every political establishment seems unbeatable until the people decide otherwise,” Abubakar said.

The APM attributed the alleged shift in public sentiment to worsening insecurity and economic hardship, as well as what it described as the Federal Government’s “arrogance in failure” and “totalitarian proclivities.

“Nigerians can no longer continue to stomach the arrogance in failure, totalitarian proclivities, worsening insecurity and economic hardship that the Tinubu administration now represents,” the party said. “They yearn for new realities under an honest, transparent, humane and people-oriented leadership as now embodied in the APM and our Presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde”.

The party also pointed to what it described as signs of disaffection within the APC itself, citing a recent rally in Oyo State where an APC governorship candidate repeatedly chanted “APM.

“Moreover, the open chanting of ‘APM’ by APC candidates and leaders at APC meetings and rallies … should serve as a caution … that many of his party members are not truly with him,” the statement read.

President Tinubu, however, struck a conciliatory tone, congratulating Adeleke on his victory and describing the election result as “a fitting assurance that democracy will continue to flourish in our land”. “I called Governor Ademola Adeleke earlier today to congratulate him on his election victory in Osun State. His victory once again confirmed the confidence the people of Osun State have in him,” Tinubu said in a statement issued Sunday.

The APM cautioned the APC against attempting to manipulate the 2027 presidential election, warning that any effort to subvert the will of the people would be firmly resisted.

“Our party therefore cautions the APC to read the handwriting on the wall and perish any thoughts of rigging the 2027 presidential election as any attempt to subvert the Will of the people will be firmly resisted by Nigerians on the platform of the APM,” Abubakar said.