The spokesman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Thursday disclosed that the party is not just an anti-President Bola Tinubu coalition.
Abdullahi said the coalition is more focused on saving Nigeria’s democracy.
He noted that the coalition under the ADC is out to prevent a situation where Nigerians have no alternative in 2027.
Abdullahi disclosed this while featuring on Arise Television’s programme, Morning Show.
He said:
“It has been described as an anti-Tinubu coalition, but it goes much more beyond that. It’s not just about the President, but more about saving democracy.
“We have watched in the last couple of months how all opposition parties have been decimated, either willingly or not, through internal sabotage or through external forces.”
“For some of us, the most important thing is, how do we allow a situation that is staring us in the face? By 2027, God forbid, the only politically viable option to contest the election is APC.”
“Now, the coalition under ADC is out to prevent such an unfortunate situation where Nigerians will be presented with no alternative and no choice. Many of us are old enough to remember a time in this country when there were five political parties, and all of them, except one, ended up endorsing Abacha as their presidential candidate. It’s a sense of déjà vu. Are we back in that era? Therefore, everyone outside the APC decided to come together to save the democracy that everybody fought and died for.”
“It’s clear that the situation we are facing in this country is one that makes people ask themselves: is this really democracy? Look at the National Assembly. Its essence is to provide constitutional checks against the excesses of constituted authority, but it has become the appendage of the executive.”
“All these are the fundamentals around which the coalition is being built.”
