The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied allegations by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) of a plot to destabilize the party, describing the claims as false, baseless, and a cover-up for its internal crisis.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Felix Morka, APC national publicity secretary, said the ADC is “haunted by its own shadow” by resorting to “lies and deception” in a bid to stay relevant.
On Monday, the ADC alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is working with unnamed federal officials to coerce its state chairmen in the north-east and north-west during a “secret meeting”.
But Morka said the opposition party failed to offer any credible evidence and only cited “nonsensical intelligence” to support what he called a fictitious narrative.
“Clearly, there was no such meeting, and certainly, no one could have been coerced or intimidated at a meeting that never was,” he said.
Morka added that the ADC’s claims were a “pre-emptive excuse” for its looming collapse, likening the party to “Humpty Dumpty, whose great fall could not be put back together again”.
He said the ruling party had no interest in sowing discord in the ADC, which he described as a “mortally wounded” group battling internal strife.
“The ADC needs no help from our great party to unravel,” Morka said.
He accused the coalition’s leadership of hijacking the party through a “Gestapo-like takeover” and lacking the competence to manage internal affairs.
Morka said the ADC is now a gathering of “failed and restless presidential contenders” who had plundered other opposition platforms before arriving at the opposition party.
“What good can possibly come out of a coalition of our country’s most inept politicians and architects of misrule, corruption, poverty, and underdevelopment?” he queried.
He added that the party had failed to present any alternative vision for governance beyond attacking the APC and President Tinubu.
“The ADC and its leaders may be convinced of their ability to lie their way to presidential victory, but they have a highly intelligent and discerning Nigerian electorate to contend with,” he said.
Morka credited the Tinubu administration with “economic reconstruction and wholesome transformation,” saying the president’s achievements were “incomparable and unassailable”.
“While the opposition wallows in self-inflicted confusion, the Tinubu administration and our great party remain undistracted and will continue to build a virile and vibrant country for this and future generations of Nigerians,” Morka said.
On Sunday, Morka said the APC is not worried about the emergence of an opposition coalition seeking to unseat Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
Speaking during an interview with newsmen, Morka claimed that current leaders of the ADC plunged Nigeria into economic stagnation and poverty.
The Cable
