APC Sowing Seeds of National Instability — ADC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of deliberately sowing seeds of national instability and called on the international community to pay close attention to what it described as conduct that undermines democratic norms.

The party said the APC is the most shameless government in Nigeria’s history, alleging that it recruits agents whose job is to create factions within political parties in order to weaken and destabilise the opposition.

ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, made the claims in a post on his X handle on Tuesday.

He said the sudden emergence of a faction within the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) shortly after a courtesy visit by its National Chairman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, to the National Chairman of the ADC, Senator David Mark, was evidence of a pattern of political interference.

He added that the development showed that the ruling party was planting seeds of instability and shrinking democratic space, despite repeated denials by the APC-controlled Federal Government of involvement in internal opposition party affairs.

Abdullahi stated, “This has to be the most shameless government in Nigeria’s history.

“About three weeks ago, the leadership of the PRP, led by its National Chairman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, paid a courtesy visit to the National Chairman of the ADC. A few days later, rumours began to circulate that the coalition leadership was considering the PRP as an option.

“Although this is not true, it took only that single whiff of speculation for a faction to emerge almost overnight in what had been a historically tranquil political party, challenging the leadership of Baba-Ahmed.”

He continued that the situation reflected what he described as a shrinking democratic space under the APC.

“This is the reality of Nigeria’s shrinking democratic space under the All Progressives Congress. The government may continue to deny any involvement in the crises within other parties, insisting that these are merely internal failures, but the pattern is visible.

“The world can see what is happening. More importantly, they can see where this path leads.

“But here is the question: is there no one within the APC who can caution those engineering crises in opposition parties that they are, in fact, sowing the seeds of national instability?”

The ADC also warned that such a political strategy was dangerous and self-destructive.

“A political strategy that is anchored on sabotaging every opposition platform is ultimately self-destructive.

“When people are left with no options, they are, in reality, left with no choice.”