ADC Coalition Will Collapse Under Personal Ambitions — Onanuga
Presidential aide Bayo Onanuga has dismissed the newly formed coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a gathering of disgruntled politicians united only by “hatred” for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Onanuga, in a strongly worded statement on Thursday, said most of the coalition members being paraded as ex-APC chieftains had long lost touch with the party or had been politically inactive.
“Some members of the hijacked ADC, who were reported as members of the APC, left the APC years and months ago. Let the public not be deceived by the opposition’s narrative about their relevance or whether the APC will mourn their departure,” he said.
He pointed to several key figures in the coalition as evidence.
“Rotimi Amaechi’s soul left the APC in 2022 after losing the presidential primary to President Tinubu. Abubakar Malami, the former Attorney-General, has never hidden his estrangement from the APC since Tinubu assumed leadership and since he lost the governorship bid in Kebbi,” he said.
He added that Hadi Sirika, now with the ADC, is facing trial for contract splitting, while “the renegade Rauf Aregbesola committed anti-party activities in the last Osun election and was expelled as an unfit APC member.”
Onanuga also questioned the credibility of coalition leaders like Kashim Imam and Chief John Odigie Oyegun, calling them political opportunists.
“My advice to Nigerians: Keep your eyes wide open. A political party with no clear agenda or ideology—whose members are united only by their hatred for President Tinubu—cannot be good for our country,” he warned.
“These politicians are desperados, hungry for power… The group will soon unravel due to their irreconcilable personal ambitions,” he concluded.
