With less than a month to the commencement of full-scale campaigns for Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, political calculations are rapidly changing. To many Nigerians, his disappearance from national political conversations suggested he had abandoned presidential ambition altogether. Accord Party PlatformOlawepo-Hashim formally declared his presidential ambition in 2026 under the Accord Party. For any ruling party, a political opponent whose electoral ceiling remains unknown often represents a more complicated challenge than opponents whose support patterns have already been tested. Momentum Is GrowingRecent political developments appear to support the argument that Olawepo-Hashim’s national profile is steadily rising.