ADC and APM Criticize Tinubu's Campaign Council Structure

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) criticized President Bola Tinubu's expanded Presidential Campaign Council, which was inaugurated in Abuja. The ADC accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of undermining multiparty democracy and prioritizing political alliances over the welfare of Nigerians.

Kola Ologbondiyan, ADC's Director of Media and Publicity, alleged that the APC was attempting to weaken opposition parties and consolidate power by incorporating opposition governors without requiring formal defections. He claimed that the administration was using national institutions against opposition figures, although no specific evidence was provided.

The ADC highlighted the worsening economic and security challenges facing Nigerians. Similarly, the Makinde/Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation, led by Richard Ihediwa, dismissed the APC campaign council as a “Nebuchadnezzar Coalition,” arguing that its size did not equate to public support and criticized the government's failure to address poverty and insecurity.