The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress says the 2027 general elections will be determined by performance and leadership, not political rhetoric. Rauf Aregbesola, on defections and the outcome of the 2023 presidential election in Lagos. Aregbesola further contended that the result of the 2023 presidential election in Lagos showed that control of state governments does not guarantee electoral victory. “Presidential elections are decided nationally, not by the outcome of a single state, however symbolic. According to him, the Lagos presidential result strengthened, rather than diminished, Tinubu’s democratic credentials.