Ex-ADC Chair: Opposition Coalition Not Targeted at Tinubu — We’re Fighting Bad Governance

Ralph Nwosu, immediate past national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says the opposition coalition formed ahead of the 2027 general election is not aimed at President Bola Tinubu, but rather a response to the deepening crisis of governance under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking in an interview on Arise Television on Sunday, Nwosu said the coalition’s mission is to counter what he described as a growing culture of bad governance, economic stagnation, and rising public despair.

“The coalition is not only targeted at Tinubu. Tinubu as a person — we don’t have any problem with him, but with the administration of the country,” he said.

He described a nationwide atmosphere of frustration and suffering, which he said was impossible to ignore.

“I did a survey from the church to the motor park to the airport to the bukas where I eat. Everybody — you can see it — despair, hunger,” Nwosu stated.

He criticised the APC government for promoting a “palliative economy” and living in excess while Nigerians struggle.

“The people in government are living fat, building mansions and vacationing in all parts of the world, and spending money like never before,” he said.

On the controversial Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, Nwosu questioned the government’s priorities.

“We are spending N15 trillion — now revalued to over N20 trillion — on a road that cannot be completed or used in under 20 years. What kind of government is that?” he asked.

Nwosu stressed that the coalition is driven by national interest, not personal ambition.

“The coalition is organic. It’s not about me. It’s not about people contesting for one thing or another. It’s about Nigerians. This is not the democracy our heroes fought for,” he said.