By John Ogunsemore

The Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda said coalition opposition leaders are only crying and shouting because they are outside government and not out of genuine concern for Nigerians.

Radda stated this as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday.

He said the antecedents of the opposition figures show they have nothing to offer.

The governor said, “Let’s be realistic, let’s tell ourselves the truth. The time to deceive Nigerians is over. Who (among them) was not in the government of the last regime? We know the track records of everyone; we know what they have done when they were in government, and they are now crying and shouting because they are outside the government.

“Let’s be realistic, if you’re coming with something new, every Nigerian is going to embrace it because all of us are here to make Nigeria better. Our problem is we the politicians and we must clean ourselves and be sincere to ourselves.”

Radda challenged the coalition politicians to come out and tell Nigerians whether they intend to return the fuel subsidy regime ended by President Bola Tinubu.

According to him, they have not shown capacity to outperform the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He said, “This coalition we are talking about in Nigeria, what is new about it? Who are these people in the coalition? Have they not been in another coalition before? What are they going to come and do differently from what is happening in the country now?

“Those who want to contest for President under the ADC let them come and tell Nigerians are they going to bring subsidy back? And if they are not going to bring subsidy back let them tell Nigerian how they are going to run the government and with what resources are they going to run the government.”

Last week, the coalition opposition officially adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its political platform to challenge the APC in the 2027 general election.

Arrowheads of the coalition include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, David Mark, Rauf Aregbesola, Rotimi Amaechi, among others.