A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Ogba Oghenevewogaga, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is afraid of the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Oghenevewogaga also accused the ruling party of sponsoring the internal crisis in the ADC, claiming that the party’s leadership would not allow such efforts to succeed.
Speaking during an interview on News Central’s Breakfast Central on Friday, the ADC chieftain said the party would continue to grow stronger under the leadership of its National Chairman, David Mark, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
According to him, the APC fears the ADC because it believes the opposition party has the capacity to defeat it in the next general election.
“Whatever you see the ADC going through is being sponsored by the APC, and we the Nigerian people will not allow it. The leadership of David Mark will not allow it. The ADC is here to stay for Nigerians and, as a matter of fact, we are the only opposition in Nigeria, and that is what the APC is afraid of.
“The APC is afraid of the ADC because they know that if we go into the 2027 general election, they will be defeated. Nigerians are angry, they need an alternative and the ADC is here,” he said.
Commenting on a recent remark by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu about empowering youths through small-scale businesses, Oghenevewogaga accused the APC-led administration of promoting policies that would keep Nigerians in poverty.
“Some days ago, we heard the First Lady saying that she wants to empower people to fry akara and make kulikuli. Who are these people she wants to give those grants to? The person who can fry akara is the akara seller, the person who can make kulikuli is the kulikuli seller. So you want the daughter or son of an akara seller to continue frying akara.
“This is what the APC wants. It wants to continue impoverishing Nigerians, and that is why the ADC is saying no, this is not what we want.
“Awolowo said he didn’t want the son of his driver or cook to become the driver or cook to his own children. These are leaders. How can a First Lady come out and say she wants to empower people to start frying akara and kulikuli? These are things the ADC will never do when we take power in 2027.
“They want Nigerians to continue dying of suffering, starvation and insecurity while bringing up useless policies, and that is why they are in court using many other means. Under the leadership of David Mark and Atiku Abubakar, the ADC will keep waxing stronger,” he said.
The APC has yet to respond to the allegations.
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