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Says They Assume Nigerians are Gullible
- Safiu Kehinde
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has broken silence over the defection of the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and ex-Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, to the new African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition party.
NPO Reported that the National Opposition Coalition Group (NOCG) had on Wednesday formally adopted the ADC with former Senate President, David Mark, and Aregbesola appointed as the party’s interim National Chairman and National Secretary respectively.
The new coalition group also had other prominent opposition leaders which include former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the 2023 Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Reacting to the development in a statement issued on Thursday, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, slammed the coalition party describing ot as a coalition of “hoaxers and self-obsessed merchants of vendetta with a roll call of Nigeria’s me-or-nothing politicians”.
The APC held that the party was formed by disgruntled politicians who are only desperate for power without substance or purpose.
“The vaunted opposition coalition platform of choice, the African
Democratic Congress (ADC) was unveiled yesterday, Wednesday, July 2, 2025 with a gasping whimper, not the roar that its promoters loudly touted.
“However, in reality, it was an unveiling of a coalition of hoaxers and self-obsessed merchants of vendetta, a roll call of Nigeria’s me-or-nothing politicians, who equate their selfish interest with the interest of Nigerians, who cannot bear to be out of the corridors of power and patronage, who are desperate to grab power for themselves by guile and subterfuge, who lay claim to an immoral birthright to power, even while draped in odious record of betrayal of public trust, and rapacious public service.
“Not surprisingly, the speech delivered by Senator David Mark, the alleged National Chairman of ADC, was disgracefully vacant, without substance or purpose, nothing but stitches of untruths, diatribe, and regurgitated and baseless allegations against the APC-led administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.” The statement partly read.
The ruling party further taunted the speech of David Mark, the ADC new National Chairman, stressing that it is void of alternative approaches and things the party would do differently.
It maintained that the Mark’s statement had no alternative policy approaches aside desperation for power.
“From beginning to end, Senator Mark said nothing about the purpose of the so-called coalition other than a loud declaration of desperation for power.
“What value does the coalition bring to Nigerians? Why should any Nigerian be concerned about a coalition of a bunch of egotistical maniacs for whom power and patronage are the oxygen on which their lives depend?
“One would have expected that, after months of vacillating between the devil and the deep blue sea, in search of a host platform, Senator Mark and his co-travelers would take Nigerians seriously enough by telling them what their coalition would do differently regarding the administration’s bold economic and sectoral policy reforms.
“What key alternative policy approaches would the coalition implement, and with what prospects of success compared to the high value and transformative impact of the administration’s reform policies? What exactly is the philosophical or ideological leaning of the coalition or its new party, aside from desperation for power at all cost, by all means necessary and unnecessary?
As against the alleged assumption of the ADC thay Nigerians are gullible, Morka maintained that Nigerians are highly perceptive and discerning and will not be taken in by the coalition’s grand folly.
The APC National Publicity Secretary highlighted the achievements of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration which he claimed had earned praises and admiration locally and international.
Morka said the President remains undeterred by the ADC’s emergence but focused on building a stronger, enduring and more prosperous nation.
“This desperation is the reason for their willful blindness to the massive structural transformation of our country’s economy that has earned the praise and admiration of local and global economic experts, and now delivering improved living conditions and benefits to our people – with GDP growth rate of 3.4%; with external reserves from $4billion in 2023 to excess $24billion in 2024; cleared backlog of forex debt and CBN ways and means; debt service-to-revenue ratio from about 99% to 40%; with initial reform-induced inflation spike upwards of 31 % in 2024 now tampered to 22% in 2025 and still declining; with rapidly declining prices of basic commodities; and with our farmers earning more than they have ever earned.
“And even with our oil exports at an all time high; with unprecedented quarter on quarter trade surpluses; with vast stability in foreign exchange market; with states and local governments enjoying vastly increased revenue allocation; with unprecedented access to student loan; and with stable academic calendars free from strike disruptions; with massive uptake in delivery of modern road and other transport infrastructure; with thousands of health care facilities built, revamped and upgraded; with determined war on terror and banditry that has yielded the neutralization and arrests of nearly 40,000 fighters; with many notable achievements in power, interior, aviation sectors; and with implementation of new minimum wage and significant impact of various social investment programmes, these opposition elements would stop at nothing to denigrate the success and transformative impact of reform policies for their own base interests.”
While coalition members remain preoccupied swimming in mud and throwing bricks, our great Party and President Tinubu remain undisturbed and focused on using all available bricks to building a stronger, enduring and more prosperous nation for this and future generations of Nigerians.” The statement read further.