The former Senator representing Kaduna Central Zone, and All Progressives Congress (APC), Shehu Sani, has mocked the performance of opposition parties in the Saturday’s bye-elections, saying the outcome has exposed the difference between politics conducted on cyberspace and what obtains in the real political arena.

Sani, who is the APC’s 2027 Senatorial Candidate for Kaduna Central and represented the zone in the 8th National Assembly, made the remark in a post on X while reacting to the performance of the ruling party in the elections conducted across four states of the federation.

He said APC’s victories in the bye-elections should serve as a lesson to opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections, rather than something to be dismissed or explained away.

“The ruling party swept the bye-elections conducted this weekend in the four states of the federation. That is one difference between cyberspace politics and real politics. The opposition can either dismiss it or learn some lessons from it,” Sani remarked.

He further used a football analogy to describe the situation facing the opposition, saying: “They want to play with Spain in January; they have started losing to Lesotho.”

The former lawmaker’s comments came after the APC recorded victories in four of the five legislative bye-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Gombe, Kano, Bauchi and Delta states on Saturday.