APC Focused on 2027 While Nigeria Faces Hardship, Insecurity – ADC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of prioritising the 2027 general elections over addressing Nigeria’s worsening economic and security challenges.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made the allegation during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday.

Abdullahi lamented the rising level of insecurity, hunger and the high cost of living, accusing the Federal Government of failing to confront the country’s pressing challenges.

“For God’s sake, the country is sinking on a daily basis under their watch. The last report that we saw said 17 million Nigerians are starving to death.

“I’ve not heard the president say one word. Seventeen million—that is the population of many countries put together—starving to death. That’s not the opposition’s narrative; that’s an international organisation that monitors hunger across the world, and the president has not said anything,” he said.

The ADC spokesman also accused the APC-led administration of paying more attention to political calculations than governance.

“I’ve not heard these people you mentioned say anything, and democracy is anchored on the principle that you want to make life better for the people. That is one thing that this government is not good at, and that’s one thing they don’t care about,” Abdullahi added.

According to him, the ruling party appears more concerned about retaining power in 2027 than tackling insecurity, kidnappings, hunger and the rising cost of living.

“If you listen to them, they have only one problem today; not these kidnappings, not this insecurity, not the hunger, not the cost of living.

“The only problem they have, as far as they are concerned, is the 2027 election. That’s what they talk about, as if they are in opposition, as if their mandate has ended, as if they don’t have a duty to solve the problems that the country is confronted with,” he stated.

Abdullahi maintained that the ADC remained focused on presenting itself as a credible alternative ahead of the 2027 general elections.

“We are not distracted. We are clear in our minds what we want to achieve, and every single person that is a member of the ADC today is convinced that this is the only alternative that is left for Nigeria, and that’s where we derive our confidence from,” he said.