Bwala Predicts Implosion of ADC Coalition Within Six Months
Daniel Bwala, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on policy communication, says the opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) will disintegrate within six months due to a lack of ideology and vision.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Bwala said the coalition, which includes prominent politicians such as Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, and Rotimi Amaechi, is already facing internal crises over its presidential candidate.
“All this fantasy of coalition — we all know that once there is a phenomenon like that, we are going to have a good two to three weeks of romanticising: ‘We have ideas, we can do this,’” he said. “But one of them — his name is Datti (Baba-Ahmed) — has already sensed the danger ahead and said the problem of this coalition will be who becomes the president. Because right now — I’m quoting him — ‘everybody wants to be the president.’”
Bwala criticised the group for failing to present clear policies to Nigerians. “What I still find intriguing is that this coalition of internally displaced politicians has not been able to summon the courage to come up with alternative facts, alternative policies, or alternative programmes.”
He added: “They have not brought a single alternative policy to the table. All they do is criticise and issue press statements. The truth is, they lack vision and have not shown Nigerians they truly care.”
Predicting the coalition’s demise, he declared, “After one month, when they sit down, I am telling you on my honour, in the next six months, that coalition will not even be a conversation. They will scatter.”
