ADC COALITION WILL MERELY REGRESS NIGERIA- PRESIDENCY
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By Mamood Umar
The Presidency has ridiculed the recently established opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress, ADC, characterizing it as a vacuous aggregation of dissatisfied politicians.
The Presidency also rejected the parallels between the ADC and the 2023 amalgamation that led to the formation of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, characterizing it as a desperate and self-serving pursuit of power.
In response to the recent revelation of the ADC-led coalition, the Presidency, via the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, characterized its advocates as political “desperados” motivated not by ideology or national welfare but by individual ambition and resentment towards President Bola Tinubu.
In a statement posted on his verified X handle (@SunsayDareSD), Dare stated that most of the figures now aligning with the ADC had long distanced themselves from the APC, some even before the 2023 general elections.
He wrote: “Rotimi Amaechi’s soul left the APC in 2022 after he lost the presidential primary to President Tinubu. Abubakar Malami, the former Attorney-General, has also not hidden his detachment from the APC since the President emerged, especially after his failed bid to govern Kebbi State.”
He additionally mentioned that former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika, currently affiliated with the ADC bloc, is undergoing legal proceedings concerning accusations of contract fragmentation and misuse of authority. Likewise, former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, who was removed from the APC due to disloyal activities during the recent gubernatorial election in the state, has also sought shelter in the coalition.
Other distinguished defectors comprise Kashim Imam, who allegedly departed from the APC after not securing the vice-presidential position in 2022, and Chief John Odigie Oyegun, a previous National Chairman of the APC, who has continually separated himself from the party and has been an essential figure in the opposition’s consolidation initiatives.
“These are not people of principle or vision. They are desperate men and women who cannot bear political obscurity. Their only bond is animosity towards President Tinubu, not a shared ideology or developmental blueprint for the country,” Onanuga asserted.
He warned that the ADC coalition lacks both structure and substance, insisting that it would collapse under the weight of its members’ conflicting ambitions.
“A political party founded solely on collective bitterness cannot advance Nigeria. Nigerians must not be deceived. This is a coalition of expediency that will merely regress the nation by decades,” the Presidential aide warned.
The presidential aide urged citizens to remain vigilant, describing the ADC-led movement as a fragile platform that offers no real alternative and is destined to unravel in due course.
“What we are seeing is not a credible force for change, but a gathering of the politically displaced, seeking relevance by any means possible,” he concluded.
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