The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has issued a fiery alert over what it describes as a “desperate and dangerous plot” allegedly orchestrated by key figures within President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to hijack and destabilise the Nigerian opposition coalition.
In a bold statement released on Monday, the ADC’s Interim National Publicity Secretary and National Spokesperson, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, claimed that several former state chairmen and influential members of the party’s executive committees from the North East and North West have been covertly summoned to a secret meeting by senior officials of the Federal Government.
> “We have credible intelligence that the aim of this meeting is not for national unity, security, or peacebuilding. It is to intimidate, coerce, and if possible, co-opt these individuals into a fabricated scheme against the opposition coalition.This is not politics. This is sabotage,” the party charged.
According to the ADC, the clandestine agenda seeks to sow seeds of discord within its ranks, delegitimise the party’s newly reconstituted leadership, and blunt its rising momentum as Nigeria’s revitalised opposition force. The party noted that such subversive acts threaten the very foundations of Nigeria’s multiparty democracy.
> “Let it be clear: this surreptitious dalliance with ADC state chairpersons by federal appointees—individuals who should be tackling Nigeria’s growing national security crises—is nothing short of a coordinated assault on democracy. This is how one-party states are born—through fear, manipulation, and intimidation,” the statement added.
The ADC pointed to recent political milestones—including the July 1st Coalition Declaration and the July 2nd unveiling of ADC as a reenergized opposition power—as having “clearly rattled the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).”
> “It is now obvious that the Tinubu administration, having lost the confidence of the Nigerian people, cannot withstand the pressure of a united and credible opposition. Instead of embracing reform, it has resorted to the familiar and dangerous strategy of infiltrating and destabilising political opponents,” Abdullahi stated.
He went further to describe the new coalition as a beacon of hope for Nigerians exhausted by “a regime of lies, manipulation, and relentless economic hardship.”
> “This movement is bigger than the ADC. It belongs to every Nigerian yearning to restore decency, vision, and justice to governance. We will not stand by and watch a few desperate men drag Nigeria into the darkness of one-party authoritarianism. It is our patriotic duty to resist such tyranny using every democratic means available,” he declared.
In a direct appeal to President Tinubu, the ADC urged him to immediately investigate and halt what it called an “orchestrated attack on democracy” by his appointees.
> “We call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take immediate notice of these sinister maneuvers. He must prove to Nigerians that he is, indeed, a true democrat. He must remind his political allies that if the Goodluck Jonathan administration had deployed similar oppressive tactics against the opposition, the APC would never have tasted power in 2015—and he, Tinubu, would not be president today.”
With Nigeria at a political crossroads, the ADC has positioned itself as a rallying point for disillusioned citizens and opposition forces, vowing to defend democracy against what it sees as creeping authoritarianism. Whether this marks the beginning of a formidable new opposition era—or a prolonged battle for political survival—remains to be seen.
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