ADC accuses APC of hand in PRP’s sudden factional leadership crisis
The opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) has linked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the sudden emergence of factional leadership in the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).
In a post on his X handle on Tuesday, the ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, described any political strategy anchored on sabotaging every opposition platform as “self-destructive”.
He said the development represented the reality of Nigeria’s shrinking democratic space under the APC-led government.
The post @BolajiADC read, “This has to be the most shameless government in Nigeria’s history.
“About three weeks ago, the leadership of the PRP, led by its National Chairman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, paid a courtesy visit to the National Chairman of the ADC. A few days later, rumours began to circulate that the coalition leadership was considering the PRP as an option. Although this is not true, it took only that single whiff of speculation for a faction to emerge almost overnight in what had been a historically tranquil political party, challenging the leadership of Baba-Ahmed.
“This is the reality of Nigeria’s shrinking democratic space under the All Progressives Congress. The government may continue to deny any involvement in the crises within other parties, insisting that these are merely internal failures, but the pattern is visible.
The world can see what is happening. More importantly, they can see where this path leads.
“But here is the question: is there no one within the APC who can caution those engineering crises in opposition parties that they are, in fact, sowing the seeds of national instability?
“A political strategy that is anchored on sabotaging every opposition platform is ultimately self-destructive. When people are left with no options, they are, in reality, left with no choice.”
On April 20th, the ADC denied the report insinuating that the party is in talks with the PRP in anticipation of its court judgment.
In a post on his X handle, the ADC spokesman dismissed the insinuation as false and said any suggestion that the party would be abandoned was “preemptive and speculative” and should be ignored.
Abdullahi said the ADC leadership remained confident that the judicial institutions would resist the pressure to be complicit in undermining Nigeria’s democracy.
“The coalition leadership is not having any such conversation with any political party at the moment.
“We are fully committed to ensuring that the illegal action taken against our leadership by INEC and other agents of the ruling party is upturned. We believe that this is the only path to safeguarding the rule of law and ensuring that multiparty democracy survives in Nigeria.
“While we are open to expanding the coalition to bring all opposition elements in the country together to rescue our country, we remain clear about the responsibility that this moment has imposed on us. We will not abdicate that responsibility…. ” part of the tweet @BolajiADC read.
