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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The African Democratic Congress (ADC), on Friday, said President Bola Tinubu would be contesting the 2027 presidential poll against millions of Nigerians, who have suffered untold hardship under his administration.
The ADC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the president should be afraid of a major defeat in next year’s contest.
The party, which was reacting to comments by President Tinubu that he was not scared of the opposition in the 2027 election, described the statement as reckless.
It noted that President Tinubu’s utterances indicate that he “appears preoccupied with politics even as the majority of Nigerians sink deeper into poverty and are left helpless in the hands of insurgents and kidnappers.”
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The ADC posited: “What Nigerians saw was not the confidence of a leader in control. It was the anxiety of a President increasingly disconnected from the reality of hardship, insecurity, and frustration facing millions of citizens.
“At a time when families are battling a historic cost of living crisis, food inflation, rising debt burdens, and collapsing purchasing power, the President chose to mock the opposition instead of addressing the suffering of Nigerians.
“However, even as he spoke, reports of children being abducted from examination centres were circulating. This is the reality of today’s Nigeria, insecurity spreading deeper into everyday life while government appears distracted.”
The opposition party noted that the issues confronting the country include rising hardship, worsening insecurity increased debt burden, stating that no amount of political theatrics can hide the truth.
“The President should not be ridiculing the opposition. He should be deeply concerned that the majority of Nigerians have rejected his government, whose ill-conceived policies have ruined lives and destroyed livelihoods. These are the reasons he should be scared, because the people are determined to vote him out,” the ADC stated.
