- Safiu Kehinde
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has allayed concern over ongoing mass defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some of its members’ alleged plan to join the ruling party.
The ADC, in a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, held that no amount of defection can save the ruling party from losing the 2027 General election.
Abdullahi made this know in reaction to the APC National Chairman, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, who had, at a stakeholders’ meeting in Jos, Plateau State, announced plan to receive “key ADC figures” next week.
The ADC spokesperson labelled the announcement as APC’s desperate bid to regain relevance having become the most hated party in Nigeria.
“The statement underscored a deep realisation by the ruling party that it cannot be saved even if all the governors in Nigeria defected to the ruling party.
“This is why even with all the governors and senators they have been bragging about, the APC is still desperate for ADC members.
“The truth remains that the APC realises that it has become the most hated party in Nigeria, and no amount of defections can save the party from Nigerians whose lives and livelihoods the ruling party has destroyed since it came to power.” He wrote.
Abdullahi further described the recent mass defections to the APC as a gang-up against the people by the ruling elite.
He challenged the ruling party to name the said key ADC members about to join the party while stressing that the APC is playing the same ruinous game that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) played at the height of its powers.
“Like we have noted earlier, the recent gale of high-profile defections to the ruling party is properly understood by ordinary Nigerians as a gang-up against the people by a ruling elite who have left the people behind in abject poverty and are only interested in self-preservation even as their people wallow in misery.
“We wonder if the APC has run out of governors to seduce that it has now turned to shadowy references to unnamed ADC members? If these individuals are so “key”, let the chairman of the hated party mention their names.
“There is nothing new in the game that the APC is playing. It is the same ruinous game that the PDP played at the height of its powers.
“The APC will also learn the bitter lesson that real democratic power lies with the people and not a few power merchants.” He added.