Special Adviser to the President on media and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has warned Nigerians to be wary of the Politicians forming coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 General election
In a statement on his X page , Onanuga described the Politicians as hijackers and desperados
“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.
– 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.
– Hadi Sirika, now with the ADC, is facing trial for contract splitting and other allegations.
– The renegade Rauf Aregbesola committed anti-party activities in the last Osun election and was expelled as an unfit APC member
Kashim Imam and the octogenarian Chief John Odigie Oyegun are among the disgruntled politicians posturing as would-be saviours of Nigeria. Imam abandoned the APC after failing to secure the vice-presidential ticket in 2022. Chief Oyegun, a former party chairman, also lost interest in the APC and has been a foundational member of this coalition since its inception
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. It will only set us back by decades.
These politicians are desperados, hungry for power, not for the benefit of Nigerians but for themselves. They want power at all costs because they cannot endure another four years in the political wilderness or be banished to political winter and irrelevance.
What is certain is that the group will soon unravel due to their irreconcilable personal ambitions.” Onanuga said .
It was reported that after months of meetings, a coalition of opposition politicians and some aggrieved members of the ruling APC adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a new platform to challenge Mr Tinubu in the 2027 election.
On Wednesday, the coalition appointed experienced politicians as interim leaders. These include former Senate President David Mark as National Chairperson, ex-Osun State Governor and former Tinubu ally Rauf Aregbesola as National Secretary, and former Minister of Youth and Sports Bolaji Abdullahi as spokesperson
