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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is deeply concerned by the Federal Government’s misleading narrative around the so...
30/10/2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is deeply concerned by the Federal Government’s misleading narrative around the so-called drop in food prices.

Contrary to what is being celebrated in official circles, the reality on the ground, as confirmed by struggling farmers and families across the country, is that the Tinubu government is manipulating food prices and weaponising hunger for political gain.

The reported drop in the prices of some food items is artificial and a result of import waivers that have flooded the market with cheap foreign food. It is neither evidence of sound policy nor proof of increased local production. And while that may offer momentary relief, it has come, and will come, at the heavy cost of sabotaging local farmers who can no longer compete due to soaring input costs, especially fertilisers, and worsening insecurity.

Additionally, we find it particularly strange and dishonest for the government to claim that its policies are encouraging domestic production at a time when many farmers have been displaced by bandits, and those who remain are barely able to afford the cost of planting. How can production be increasing when the rural economy is under siege, and the cost of planting is now beyond the reach of the average farmer?

This is propaganda. What we are witnessing is a deliberate manipulation of food prices for short-term political gain, designed to create the illusion of economic progress while citizens continue to suffer. Any current drop in price is temporary, unsustainable, and driven by panic, not strategy or deliberate planning.

We also take note of the government’s claim that it has not released imported food into the market. If we are to even momentarily entertain this falsehood, it begs an even more damning question: why is the government hoarding food while the people go hungry? What sort of administration stores food in warehouses during a hunger crisis?

The ADC condemns, in the strongest terms, the weaponisation of hunger and calls for a complete overhaul of the current agricultural approach. We must protect local producers, address rural insecurity, and invest in long-term food sovereignty, not temporary political optics.

The Nigerian people deserve truth and food, not manipulation and a false narrative of renewed hope

ADC POSITION ON ADAMAWA PARTY LEADERSHIPIt has come to the notice of the national headquarters of the African Democratic...
30/10/2025

ADC POSITION ON ADAMAWA PARTY LEADERSHIP

It has come to the notice of the national headquarters of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that there appears to be a growing division in the ranks of the party leadership in Adamawa State.

It will be recalled that at its meeting of October 8, 2025, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party approved that Interim Executive Committees be set up to manage the affairs of the party in the states for now.

After due investigations, the party considers the Saturday, October 25, process supervised by the National Vice Chairman for the North East, which produced Barrister Sadiq Dasin as the Interim Party Chairman in Adamawa State, to be in line with the NWC approval and guidelines.

In view of the foregoing, the party wishes to encourage all party members who have involved themselves in a separate arrangement to have a rethink and follow the path of reconciliation. Similarly, the party encourages the new Interim Chairman to extend the hand of fellowship to all and address genuine grievances.

The party would like to restate its commitment to fairness and justice to all members, as well as its readiness to address genuine concerns. The party will, however, not tolerate any act of indiscipline that is likely to jeopardise ongoing efforts to build a strong and truly democratic party.

Signed:

Bolaji Abdullahi
National Publicity Secretary (NPS)
African Democratic Congress (ADC)

PRESS STATEMENTADC: Governors’ Defections Part of Conspiracy for One-Party State— Says 2027 Will Be the People vs APCThe...
15/10/2025

PRESS STATEMENT

ADC: Governors’ Defections Part of Conspiracy for One-Party State

— Says 2027 Will Be the People vs APC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that the recent defections of some state governors to the ruling party has vindicated the position of the opposition coalition that the APC's plan has been to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.

In a statement signed by the ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said that with their recent defections, the governors of Enugu and Bayelsa have betrayed their long-suffering people and joined the gang-up against Nigerians.

The party insists that the opposition is not bothered by what it described as “political apostasy” by the governors because the 2027 elections will be a contest between the people of Nigeria and the ruling party that has sent the majority into abject poverty and made life unbearable for most.

The full statement read:

The recent defections by the governors of Enugu and Bayelsa States to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) validates the African Democratic Congress (ADC)’s long-standing warning that President Bola Tinubu is determined to turn Nigeria into a one-party state, no matter the cost to democracy or national stability.

While it may seem like the APC has added more governors to its column, in reality, what has happened is these governors have actually abandoned their people to team up with the ruling party that has made life miserable for the majority.

Nigerians can see the current state of the nation. They live through the APC’s failures every single day. Even those who once campaigned for the APC or had its logo on their social media profiles now avoid association with the party. Why? Because the Tinubu administration has failed on insecurity, failed on economic management, failed on healthcare, failed on social welfare, failed on corruption, and failed to restore Nigeria’s standing in the international community.

Every day, Nigerians are paying the price for these failures. Food prices continue to increase, jobs are non-existent, and insecurity continues to choke every part of the country.

When the ruling party has misgoverned the country, the only hope for the people in a democracy is for the opposition to rise up in defence, propose alternative ideas, and lead the people out of their misery. This is what Nigerians expected from these governors in opposition. Instead, they abdicated. And in an act of historic political apostasy, they chose to join the grand conspiracy against the Nigerian people. They abandoned their people, not out of conviction but out of cowardice and other selfish considerations.

While the ruling party continues to celebrate the defection of these governors, the ADC and the opposition coalition are equally delighted that the line has been made even clearer between those who are committed to saving the country and those who merely want to join the gravy train. The people can see, and they are waiting. 2027 will be a clear battle between the people of Nigeria and President Tinubu and his gang of governors in the APC.

Signed,
Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi
National Publicity Secretary
African Democratic Congress (ADC)

12 October 2025PRESS STATEMENTADC: Tinubu’s Mass Pardon for Drug Traffickers a National Disgrace, Encourages CrimeThe Af...
12/10/2025

12 October 2025
PRESS STATEMENT

ADC: Tinubu’s Mass Pardon for Drug Traffickers a National Disgrace, Encourages Crime

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned President Bola Tinubu's recent decision to grant presidential pardons to dozens of convicted drug traffickers and smugglers.

In a strongly worded statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party described the action as “pathetic and a national disgrace,” warning that the move undermines Nigeria’s anti-drug efforts, encourages crime, and further tarnishes Nigeria’s image in the eyes of the world.

The full statement read:

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) finds as pathetic and an act of immense national disgrace the recent presidential pardon and clemency granted to several convicted criminals by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

It amounts to a most irresponsible abuse of the presidential power of prerogative of mercy to grant express pardon to dozens of convicts held for drug trafficking, smuggling, and related offences, especially when most of these convicts have barely served two years in jail for offences that carry a penalty of life imprisonment.

According to official media statements, it appears that all it takes to get presidential clemency for even the worst of crimes in Nigeria, including drug trafficking, gun running, and murder, is to “show remorse and learn skills.”

Pardons and clemency are granted for their social utility and to correct perceived miscarriages of justice, and to convicts who have paid their debts to society. But we wonder what Nigeria stands to benefit from this act of clemency to convicts serving life sentences who have barely served two years.

For the avoidance of doubt, Nigeria is still regarded as a major transit point for illicit drugs while we face a serious national pandemic of drug use, especially among our youths. Several reports have it that Nigeria’s drug use stands at an estimated 14.4%, almost three times the global average of 5.5%.

For years, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and other security agencies have risked life and limb to combat this problem, dismantle illicit drug networks, intercept consignments, prosecute offenders, and secure convictions. The men and women in these agencies have laboured under enormous risk and pressure to protect the public from the scourge of addiction, trafficking, and related crimes that carry some of the harshest penalties in Nigerian law, precisely because of their devastating impact on public health, youth development, and national security. Granting clemency to individuals convicted under such laws therefore strikes at the very foundation of Nigeria’s legal and moral stance against narcotics and makes a mockery of the gallant efforts of officers fighting the battle against narcotics and illicit drugs.

These pardons also send reverberations beyond Nigeria’s borders. They undercut our standing among global partners in the fight against drug trafficking and give the unfortunate impression to the rest of the world that our country, under President Tinubu, has particular sympathy for drug dealers and that Nigeria is a risk-free jurisdiction for traffickers in narcotics.

Make no mistake, with this mass clemency for drug dealers, President Tinubu and the APC are redefining the standard of morality in our country. They are gradually transforming Nigeria into a country where anything goes, where even the worst of crimes attract no punishment beyond a few months of inconvenience for the criminal to, by their assessment, “show remorse.”

The mission of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) remains clear: to rescue our country from this ruling party, the APC, to whom public opinion or accountability means nothing, and power and impunity mean everything.

Signed:

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi
National Publicity Secretary
African Democratic Congress (ADC)

Brief remarks by the National Chairman of the ADC, Sen. David Mark at the NWC meeting of the party.October 7, 20251- We ...
07/10/2025

Brief remarks by the National Chairman of the ADC, Sen. David Mark at the NWC meeting of the party.

October 7, 2025

1- We begin with a conviction that Nigeria can, and will, work for everyone — and with a commitment to build a party bigger thank any personality , stronger than any moment and positively different from any party in the annals of our country.

2-What makes the ADC different is simple: we will be a party of purpose and determination, not impulses— an institution that champions democratic values and a culture of accountability and responsibility across its organs and in every government it forms. Our leadership standard is non-negotiable: character. Competence. Courage. Discipline. These four pillars will guide our choices, shape our culture, and anchor our performances.

3-We are a Pan-African, people-oriented, problem -solving movement— sensitive to the needs of the poor and the young, women and men, persons with disabilities, workers, peasants entrepreneurs, retirees, civil society, and the vulnerable. We will convert empathy into policy , and policy into results.

4-Other parties revolve around individuals; the ADC will revolve around rules, policies, programs, people and results. We will insist on team spirit , collaboration , and internal democracy. The supremacy we seek is the supremacy of our constitution and institutions— over everything: Personality, improvisation, and idiosyncrasy.

5- From today, we must adopt an integrity and performance compact.

6-First, open party, open books: independent annual audits published; procurement rules enforced; well articulated conflict -of-interest and gift policies.

7- Second, merit before loyalty: all appointments—party and government—benchmarked to the pillar standard of character , competence , courage, and discipline.

8- Third, clean elections, clean governance: digital , verifiable membership and primaries; candidate rigorous screening before nomination; performance scorecards published quarterly.

9- Fourth, citizens first: service charters in every ADC-led government with timelines, public dashboards, and real feedback mechanisms.

10- Fifth, dignity and inclusion: standing councils for special interest group such as workers, women, Youth, farmers, professionals, retired security officers, educators, persons with disabilities, retirees, civil society, and the vulnerable - represented at the table not as tokens, but as architects of policies and programmes.

11- The ADC will defend the separation of powers, restore legislative and judicial independence, and strengthen oversight so that budgets serve the public interest, not private appetites. We will end the culture of parallel budgets and extra-budgetary maneuvers by enforcing strict and transparent planning, timely appropriations, and rigorous auditing.

12– The judiciary must again be a refuge for every citizen. We will back an independent, efficient, and trusted bench-appointments on merit, transparent case management, time-bound rulings, and a bias for justice over empty technicalities.

13- Nigerians are tired of slogans and statistics that do not translate into their welfare: food, power, jobs, and safety. We will focus on what works. We will pursue price stability and productivity through credible, rules-based coordination of fiscal and monetary policy.

14- We will secure our food supply by supporting farmers and agricultural value chains from inputs and storage to processing and markets. We will back small businesses and industry with affordable, performance-tied credit and local content that creates jobs, not rent. And we will shine a bright light on every naira-no parallel budget , no black-box spending, no sacred cows. Judge us by winat Nigerians feel in their daily lives, rhetorics and bland statistics: lower volatility, more reliable power, visible projects, and decent work.

15- Our foreign policy will be Pan-African-rooted in regional integration and international peace. We will champion trade within Africa, harmonize standards that open markets for Nigerian goods and services, leverage diaspora capital, and build coalitions that keep our sub-region stable and prosperous.

16- The political class has too often served itself. We must change this outdated pattern. We must model a new attitude to leadership across every sphere-public, private, and civic. Let it be said of the ADC that we kept faith with the people, that we were steady under pressure, honest in our dealings, and relentless in delivery. We do not seek power for its own sake; we seek it to build a legacy worthy of our children.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is deeply disturbed by the brazen insensitivity of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ...
05/10/2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is deeply disturbed by the brazen insensitivity of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the growing insecurity in the country.

As the Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria’s Armed Forces, in whom the constitutional authority to secure the lives and property of citizens is vested, the President’s continued preference for attending social and political events in the midst of alarming deterioration of internal security is both unacceptable and irresponsible.

Just today, the newspapers are reporting that nine Local Government Areas in Kwara State, a state that had until this APC-led administration enjoyed a reputation for peace and stability, reportedly came under siege by armed bandits. In a development that underscores the extent of state fragility, residents are now being forced to provide food items, drinks, money, and other services as ransom payments. This is a complete failure of governance. Yet, the presidency has neither acknowledged the situation nor outlined any plan of action to support the affected communities or hold those responsible to account.

On the same day, a similar tragic attack by gunmen was reported in Kogi State, during which travellers were killed and several others, including women and children, were abducted for ransom. Earlier in the week, there were reports that more than 180 schools across states in Northern Nigeria have been shut and children kept at home as a result of worsening insecurity. Unfortunately, these reports form part of a broader and bloodier pattern. From Plateau to Zamfara, Benue to Niger, Kaduna to Kwara, incidents of mass abductions, violent attacks, and forced displacement continue to rise.

Despite this, the federal government persists in offering vague assurances that “progress” is being made, an insensitive claim that is being refuted daily in blood and body counts of innocent victims who, it now appears, the gunmen kill for sport.

While rural communities are being emptied and schools are being shut down, the President continues to attend funerals and ceremonies involving political associates. This sends the unfortunate message that the President cares more about political appearances than the lives of Nigerian citizens.

We recall that earlier in the year, hundreds of people were killed by gunmen in the same Plateau State in attacks that lasted several months, but the President never thought it necessary to visit the state at the time. Instead, the President remained in the cosy comfort of the Presidential Villa to condemn the attacks he should have prevented and issued directives that no one obeyed.

President Tinubu’s claim of progress in the fight against insecurity in Nigeria is indeed a tragic denial of the reality of most Nigerians who have had to bury loved ones in recent days and on a daily basis. This denial by the President, no doubt, emanates either from cruel indifference or tragic oversimplification of a very complex problem. This is why the President does not say anything new or promise anything new on how he plans to lift this siege on Nigeria.

The ADC therefore finds it hollow and insincere, the President’s claim that he plans to unite Nigerians. For avoidance of doubt, President Tinubu’s actions or inactions since he came to power have divided Nigerians more than ever before. And he cannot erase this record by attending one ceremonial church event in Jos or wearing Isiagu in Imo. Symbolism of national unity, no matter how well delivered, cannot replace the responsibility to truly unite, even with simple actions of showing up wherever the people need you, not when you need to make political appearances for your friends.

The ADC therefore calls on the Tinubu administration to do the following:

First, formally acknowledge the scale and complexity of the security situation across the country, and stop making insensitive claims of progress which mock the reality of Nigerians.

Second, engage honestly and directly with the affected states, local governments, and communities, listen to their stories, and ask for ideas.

Third, elevate security alertness level in the country and coordinate joint military and police deployments to these areas with the full involvement of local and state security networks.

Fourth, commit to regular public reporting on security incidents and outcomes. And finally, institute a transparent mechanism for tracking and auditing the use of federal security funds.

Nigeria is under attack. This administration must stop pretending otherwise. They must stop treating national security as a political talking point and start treating it as a governing priority. The lives of Nigerians must matter more than soundbites and ceremonies. The time for symbolic gestures is over. What the country needs now is responsible leadership, operational urgency, and measurable results.

25/09/2025

The recent remarks by the Vice President of Nigeria at the United Nations, where he chose to dwell extensively on the plight of Palestinians while failing to address the grave security and economic crises ravaging our own country.

Nigeria today is at a breaking point. Farmers cannot go to their farms due to insecurity. Food production has collapsed in several states, prices are skyrocketing, and hunger is becoming a daily reality for millions of citizens. Just days ago, we all watched in shock as bandits, fully armed with ammunition draped around their necks, brazenly held a press conference in Katsina State Nigeria.

This is not just an embarrassment — it is a national shame and an indictment of any government that claims to have control over its territory.

Instead of using the global stage to secure international support to defeat terrorism, restore peace in our communities, and bring relief to suffering Nigerians, this administration chose to focus on the matters of another nation. The people of Nigeria deserve a leadership that prioritizes their lives, their security, and their dignity first.

We remind the Presidency that charity begins at home. Nigerians are not collateral damage in a government searching for relevance on the international stage. Until our leaders show the courage to confront the insecurity that is ravaging our nation, no amount of lofty rhetoric abroad can hide the painful reality at home.

While we sympathize with the people of Palestine and their legitimate quest for dignity, we hope that when Palestine gets the opportunity to address the international community, they will also speak about the killings, kidnappings, hunger, and suffering in Nigeria.
This reciprocity would truly demonstrate the spirit of shared humanity and solidarity that our leaders claim to uphold.

This cannot be the mark of a serious or responsible government. The ADC calls for urgent and concrete action, not speeches to protect farmers, stabilize food prices, and crush the menace of banditry once and for all.

25/09/2025

Strategic ADC Stakeholders Meeting

PRESS STATEMENT ADC to Tinubu: You Are a One-Term President, You Leave in 2027— APC Should be Preparing to Go, Not Plott...
23/09/2025

PRESS STATEMENT

ADC to Tinubu: You Are a One-Term President, You Leave in 2027
— APC Should be Preparing to Go, Not Plotting to Stay

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has fired back at the Presidency over its recent assertion that President Bola Tinubu has no plans to extend his tenure beyond 2031, describing the remarks as presumptuous and patently undemocratic.

In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC asserts that the President's mandate ends in 2027, and the party is confident that Nigerians will not wish to extend his tenure by a single day.

Given the spate of banditry and killings raging across the country, the widespread hunger and suffering, the punitive taxes, the flagrant abuse of power at a scale never seen before, the President should be preparing to leave in 2027, any plan to stay in office beyond that date would indeed be a confirmation that this government is incapable of reading the room.

The full statement read:

The presidency’s desperate response to the recent remarks by former governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, that President Bola Tinubu has plans to be a life President only serves to confirm what Nigerians have long suspected: this administration is not only out of touch with reality, it has also become dangerously self-satisfied.

That the President is already speaking of remaining in office till 2031 betrays a mindset that dismisses re-election as mere formalities, rather than a constitutional requirement to present his score card to the people. But re-election is not automatic, and President Tinubu has not earned a second term.

If anything, in two short years, he has shown Nigeria what he is capable of doing. He has divided the country like no other President before him and sent majority of Nigerians deeper into poverty. More innocent lives have been lost under him, and bandits have effectively taken control of a large swathes of our Northern territory. While the President taxes people and businesses to death from Abuja, bandits exert their own taxes in various states of the North.

Under his watch, national security has degenerated into a cruel joke. Terrorists, bandits, and criminals now operate with total impunity. Citizens are kidnapped in broad daylight. Rural communities have become warzones. Insecurity has metastasized into national trauma, and the government has neither the will nor the capacity to stop it.

The economy, meanwhile, is in free fall. The naira has collapsed. Inflation is out of control. Food prices have tripled in many parts of the country. Jobs are vanishing. The middle class is disappeaing.

Businesses that once thrived are collapsing under the weight of punitive taxes and policy inconsistencies Nigerians are now poorer, hungrier, and angrier than they were before Tinubu took office.

As for the power sector, it remains comatose despite yet another cycle of empty promises. Blackouts are the norm, not the exception. Billions have been spent, but megawatts have not increased. The darkness, both literal and metaphorical, persists. National grid has continued to collapse, while official greed get even bigger.

On social development, the picture is equally bleak. Nigeria’s Human Development Index continues to slide. Education is underfunded, healthcare is collapsing, and millions of children are out of school. The youth—Nigeria’s greatest asset—are increasingly hopeless, jobless, and restless. Meanwhile, government intervention remains cosmetic.

Human rights have been trampled on. Court orders are ignored. Journalists are harassed. Peaceful protesters are brutalized. And all of this is happening under the watch of a President who once claimed to be a democrat. Today, he presides over a system that is increasingly authoritarian in tone, arrogant in posture, and hostile to accountability.

Transparency and fiscal discipline have become relics of a forgotten era.

The administration has embraced secrecy as a governance principle. Budget padding, wasteful spending, opaque palliatives, and inexplicable loans have defined its fiscal conduct. The fuel subsidy saga alone is a national scandal yet to be properly explained.

Given this comprehensive failure, it is not only insensitive but downright dangerous for anyone in the Tinubu presidency to speak sọ glibly of a second term. The President should not be plotting to stay. He should be preparing to leave. He has done enough damage.

Nevertheless, let no one be deceived into thinking that the idea of a “life president” is too far-fetched. Afterall, this is the same man who, since leaving office in 2007, has singlehandedly anointed every governor of Lagos State, handpicked Speakers, and installed virtually every major public office holder in the state. What he perfected in Lagos, he now seeks to replicate on a national scale. But let it be said clearly and without ambiguity: Nigeria is not Lagos.

Nigerians are watching. And come 2027, it won’t be APC versus ADC, it will be APC versus the Nigerian people.

Signed,

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi
National Publicity Secretary
African Democratic Congress (ADC)

18 September 2025PRESS STATEMENTADC to Tinubu: You Don’t Have Power to Fire and Hire Governors* Party says suspension of...
18/09/2025

18 September 2025
PRESS STATEMENT

ADC to Tinubu: You Don’t Have Power to Fire and Hire Governors
* Party says suspension of Rivers Governor was self-serving and remains unconstitutional.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the cavalier manner by which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu suspended and subsequently reinstated the elected Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, describing the action as “whimsically autocratic.”

In a statement signed by Bolaji Abdullahi, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, the ADC said it was dismayed by President Tinubu’s attempt to disguise political brinkmanship as statesmanship. The party concluded that the President’s action in Rivers would define his political legacy.

The full statement read:

On Wednesday, September 17, Nigerians witnessed a curious spectacle: President Tinubu directing the Governor, Deputy Governor, and members of the State Assembly in Rivers State to “resume” duties after serving his six-month suspension from office.

The President’s decision to arrogate himself the power to suspend and recall elected officials in Rivers State, as he had done, is whimsically autocratic and should be recognised and condemned as a threat to our democracy.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) reiterates that what has happened in Rivers State over the last six months is a brazen manipulation of constitutional provisions to serve narrow political interests.

We harbour no doubts that the situation that served as the pretext for the declaration of the state of emergency was a clear act of political contrivance that only demanded the President’s unbiased political intervention. Instead, the President chose to serve the will of demagogues in his government, deploying the power of the constitution to attack what he should have protected.

For six long months, the will of the people of Rivers State was set aside. Their elected leaders were, in effect, put on suspension — not by a court of law, but by a President who himself was elected. Now, with the wave of a hand and the ink from his pen, the same President has decided to “allow” other duly elected officials back to work, as though they were his political appointees.

Let us be clear: Governors and legislators in a democracy do not draw their legitimacy from A*o Rock. They derive it from the people who elected them. Only a competent court can remove or restrain them — not a press statement or presidential proclamation. The President is not a Headmaster, and Governors are not his pupils to be sent home and recalled at his discretion. Yet, we recall that this President once claimed to be a federalist who, as a state governor himself, fought to protect the relative autonomy of his state.

However, with this action, the President and his men have achieved their goals — and that goal was not to “restore peace” to Rivers State. They now have a thoroughly pacified government in Rivers State, which has learnt its hard lessons that its primary loyalty is not to the people of Rivers State, but to Abuja. More importantly, the Rivers experience would now serve as a clear warning to other state governments in the country to “behave themselves.”

In keeping with their well-worn propaganda, presidential aides announced that the President had cut short his vacation to attend to the worsening security situation in the country. This claim is indeed laughable. But it is now made clear: the President did not return because Nigerians are being killed, or because life has become unbearable for the majority. He returned for one reason only — to personally oversee the return of Fubara to office and bask in the glory of the dictatorial powers that he had assumed for himself.

By removing a sitting governor and now personally directing his return, the message could not have been clearer: “I removed you, and I alone can bring you back.” This was not about law, or justice, or even governance. It was about control. It was about reinforcing the idea that, in today’s Nigeria, institutions may exist, but they remain subordinate to the will of one man.

For avoidance of doubt, Section 305 of our Constitution — which provides for emergency powers — was never intended to be used as a tool for settling political scores or exerting unconstitutional control over a state. It exists for moments of genuine public danger, such as floods, epidemics, or insurrections, not for political convenience.

The ADC, therefore, calls on the judiciary, especially the Supreme Court of Nigeria, to take a clear position on this matter, which has set a dangerous precedent. In moments like this, the judiciary cannot maintain silent indifference, or history will record them as collaborators in the subversion of our democracy.

Signed,

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi
National Publicity Secretary
African Democratic Congress

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