Arodiogbu said the planned defections are not speculative but imminent.
The national vice-chairman said APC is also not ruling out the possibility of Peter Mbah, governor of Enugu; and his Abia counterpart, Alex Otti; pitching tent with the party.
“We are talking about governors from Bayelsa, Rivers, Plateau, Kano, either Abia or Enugu. In the next two months, you will see them join us officially,” he said.
“Of course, Bayelsa is in the picture — that’s why I mentioned it. On Adeleke (Osun governor), I can’t give a definitive answer, but I know he has made moves.”
Arodiogbu said opposition politicians who are mobilising for a coalition ahead of the 2027 election are only interested in “media stunt” and not governance.
“This idea of forming a so-called opposition coalition is nothing but a media stunt,” he said.
“These politicians just want to keep their names in the headlines. But Nigerians are aligning with a party that is delivering — and that is the APC.”
Arodiogbu dismissed rumours that the presidency has struck a deal with Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, to guarantee his victory in the November 2025 governorship election.
He added that the president had directed the party’s leader to ensure that Nicholas Ukachukwu, APC governorship candidate in Anambra, wins the election.
Arodiogbu said Soludo is no longer as popular in Anambra and that the governor is trying to win his re-election by seeking endorsements.
“There is no arrangement to back Soludo. President Tinubu has not endorsed him. In fact, after he visited Anambra to inaugurate the Emeka Anyaoku Centre, we presented our candidate Ukachukwu, to the president. He told us to go and win the state,” he added.
“Soludo is no longer popular. He has spent two years in public fights with traditional rulers, church leaders, and market unions.
“Now, he’s scrambling for endorsements from the same people he antagonised.”
Recently, two governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta and Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom — joined the APC.
Opposition parties are currently battling wave of defections to the ruling party — a development that has sparked conversations on whether the country is turning into a one-party state.
