2027 Elections: ADC Will Dissolve Within Six Months — Presidency

The presidency has dismissed the longevity of the newly formed opposition coalition party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), predicting it will collapse within six months due to a lack of ideology.

Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, said on Channels Television’s Politics Today that the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, had already sensed trouble ahead for the ADC.

Baba-Ahmed had earlier cautioned on July 4 that the battle for a presidential candidate within the ADC could cause major challenges and urged that the excitement around the coalition be managed so citizens would not be overly consumed by it.

Responding to this, the presidential aide rejected any real threat from the ADC, emphasizing the coalition’s failure to present alternative policies capable of convincing 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.

“Throughout the interview you had with Peter Obi, what I observed is that he has not been able to counter or disagree, in the real sense of the word, with the policies of the present government.

“They have not brought a single alternative policy to the table. All they do is criticize and issue press statements. The truth is, they lack vision and have not shown Nigerians they truly care,” Bwala said.

He further dismissed opposition leaders’ threats to President Tinubu’s administration, describing the newly formed alliance as unstable and unlikely to last beyond six months.