ADC Accuses APC of Coercing Governors into Campaign Council

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of coercing opposition governors into its presidential campaign structure, describing this as an attempt to weaken rival parties ahead of the 2027 general election. Kola Ologbondiyan, the ADC Presidential Campaign Council’s Director of Media and Publicity, made these allegations following the inauguration of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja.

He claimed that the APC was using state power to pressure governors from other political parties into its campaign council, which he termed "political abduction." Ologbondiyan further alleged that the APC was concentrating power in the hands of one individual and using national institutions and security agencies to weaken opposition parties. He urged Nigerians to reject this political maneuvering, emphasizing the adverse effects on citizens' welfare amid economic hardship.

Ologbondiyan also criticized the APC for its intolerance towards opposition and for allegedly weaponizing poverty and insecurity to maintain power.