Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, says he may exit the All Progressives Congress (APC) if President Bola Tinubu fails to address Nigeria’s worsening challenges, warning that the ruling party is on a dangerous path.

Speaking during an interview on Arise TV’s Prime Time, Ndume confirmed his attendance at several meetings with opposition leaders working to form a coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections. Though he hasn’t formally defected, the senator expressed growing frustration with the APC’s direction.

“I’m aware of the opposition coalition. I went to several of their meetings,” Ndume said.
“I still believe this president can fix these things, but failure might cause me to move. The overloaded ship will sink.”

He criticized the ongoing wave of defections into the APC as unprincipled and potentially destabilising.

“I believe that Tinubu can be a successful president; that was my expectation. But if he continues this way, that ship whether you load in other people or governors you are just endangering the APC, pushing it towards capsizing,” he warned.

Ndume used a maritime metaphor to illustrate his concern:

“As the president said, there is a vacancy in the ship. But if you overload the ship, it will probably capsize, and if it capsizes, you lose everybody.”

The senator also slammed politicians who join the APC for personal gain rather than ideological alignment.

“Most people are not joining based on principles but due to the indirect stick-and-carrot politics. And that is not healthy at all,” he said.

Ndume’s remarks add to the growing chorus of discontent within the APC’s ranks, as internal divisions and external opposition coalitions gather momentum ahead of the next election cycle.