The National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has said that a factional crisis is rocking the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) since the National Chairman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, paid a visit to the ADC leadership.

In a post on X, Abdullahi said that a few days after the visit, rumours began to circulate that the coalition leadership in the ADC was considering the PRP as an option.

“Although this is not true, it took only that single whiff of speculation for a faction to emerge almost overnight in what had been a historically tranquil political party, challenging the leadership of Baba-Ahmed,” he said.

He lamented that such has now become the reality of Nigeria’s shrinking democratic space under the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“The government may continue to deny any involvement in the crises within other parties, insisting that these are merely internal failures, but the pattern is visible. The world can see what is happening. More importantly, they can see where this path leads,” he said.

The ADC spokesperson wondered if no one within the APC could caution those engineering crises in opposition parties, by making them know that they are sowing the seeds of national instability.

He stated that a political strategy that is anchored on sabotaging every opposition platform is ultimately self-destructive, adding that “When people are left with no options, they are, in reality, left with no choice.”