The African Democratic Congress has affirmed that it has no intention of undermining democracy, stressing that its only mission is to rescue the country from the incompetence of President Bola Tinubu’s APC-led administration.
ADC’s interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, questioned the ruling party’s anxiety, expressing surprise at how quickly the APC appears willing to abandon its founding principles.
On Tuesday, President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, claimed that some political figures are scheming to oust the president before the 2027 general elections.
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Onanuga in post on X stated, ““haters of Nigeria’s progress are banding together to overthrow an administration that has been the most focused, most transformative in our history.”
In its response, the ADC described the tweet as irresponsible and defamatory, warning that it could serve as a pretext for a coordinated crackdown on opposition figures.
The statement read in part, “Bayo Onanuga’s tweet is a textbook example of a political dog whistle.
“The APC-led federal government appears to be constructing a false narrative that is designed to justify potential clampdown on dissent, and to criminalise legitimate opposition activity under the guise of national security.
“The ADC is not interested in truncating democracy, we are solely committed to saving the nation from the irredeemable incompetence of this government.
“And the only means available to us is the democratic means. We are not soldiers, we are politicians. We don’t have bullets; we only have the ballots.
“When the time comes, we will only present our solutions and an alternative vision of the future to the Nigerian people and leave them to make their choice.
“We are left to wonder why the APC government is so jittery that it is so eager to betray its own heritage.
“APC is the first opposition party to come to power in Nigeria.
“It is therefore a great wonder that the same party now appears to find it strange that there is an opposition at all.
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“We therefore call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to promptly caution his aides from further baseless but dangerous allegationsthat has the potential to heat up the system even two years ahead of the next election.
