Get Guardian on GoogleThe African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) said it has welcomed with satisfaction the dissolution of the spokespersons of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election campaign, describing the move as an act of desperation by a government unwilling to confront the truth about its failures.
The ADC-PCC said the decision should have gone further by courageously advising President Tinubu to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race in the overriding interest of the country.
In a statement issued by the director of media and publicity, Kola Okogbodiyan, the Council recalled that the dissolution followed the damning disclosure by Hassan Alwan, one of the APC Presidential Campaign Council’s spokespersons, that ministers under President Tinubu allegedly paid to secure their appointments and were expected to recoup their investments while in office.
According to the ADC-PCC, rather than address the serious allegations of monetised political appointments, the APC has chosen to blame the messengers for exposing the failures of its leadership.
“You cannot sack spokespersons for telling Nigerians the truth about a government that has failed on virtually every front. Hassan Alwan did not invent the rot; he merely brought to public attention what Nigerians have long suspected: that under President Tinubu, public office has become a marketplace and governance business venture for recovering political investments.”
The ADC-PCC said the APC’s response amounts to an attempt to suppress an embarrassing revelation instead of addressing the fundamental issues raised by it.
“Instead of providing convincing answers to the grave allegations of appointment racketeering, the APC has chosen to shoot the messenger, dissolve its mouthpieces and hope that silence will make the scandal disappear. It will not.”
The Council noted that the development reflects the broader failures of the Tinubu administration, which, in the last three and a half years, has presided over worsening economic hardship, widespread hunger, rising insecurity, unemployment and a deepening crisis of public confidence.
It further accused the administration of failing to demonstrate the competence, transparency, accountability and policy direction required to address Nigeria’s mounting challenges, while its fiscal policies and budget implementation record have continued to raise serious concerns.
The ADC-PCC also observed that Tinubu’s re-election campaign has offered Nigerians little beyond recycled promises, unfulfilled commitments and a rebranded version of the 2023 manifesto, repackaged as a new vision for 2027.
The Council maintained that Nigerians have seen through the administration and cannot be deceived by cosmetic changes, political theatrics or a fresh propaganda machinery.
“No new spokesperson, no fresh propaganda strategy and no campaign jamboree can whitewash the failures of this administration. Nigerians are confronted daily with hunger, insecurity, corruption, unemployment and a collapsing confidence in government. Changing the people who communicate these failures does not change the reality confronting the country.”
The ADC therefore calls on President Tinubu to listen to the voice of reason and the growing concerns of Nigerians by withdrawing from the 2027 presidential contest and sparing the country another four years of failed leadership.
“Nigeria cannot afford another term of monetised appointments, failed reforms, economic hardship and deceitful propaganda.
“The ADC-PCC is confident that Nigerians will seize the opportunity of the 2027 general election to vote for competence, integrity, purposeful leadership and a new beginning under the African Democratic Congress”.
