Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- The process for the 2027 election has officially commenced with the announcement of the start of the electioneering campaign for various offices. Unofficially, that process had been underway since the end of the 2023 election. We have witnessed political alignments and realignments at an unprecedented level. Instead of the grand opportunity given to them by the 2023 mandate (legitimately acquired or otherwise) to woo the populace and endear themselves to Nigerians, we have witnessed a fixation on the continuity of the APC regimes at the federal and subnational while the people's plight linger.

The opposition hasn't fared so well either, as all we seem to be seeing are people who have lost political limelight, despera...