The African Democratic Congress (ADC) said the statement credited to the new National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, that there would be ‘no vacancy in Aso Rock’ in 2027, is presumptuous and undemocratic.
ADC in a statement by the interim National Publicity Secretary Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, told the APC that the presidency of Nigeria is not a hereditary office, but a mandate that must be earned and renewed through performance and public trust.
It stated the the Prof. Yilwatda comment betrays an arrogant mindset, that appears to overlook the right of Nigerian people to choose.
ADC said Nigerian people are tired of hunger, insecurity, joblessness, and unfulfilled promises brought to them by the APC, and the people could not wait to reclaim their future at the ballot box.
“We understand why APC is afraid, and would wish that they could somehow avoid that day of reckoning with the ballot box.
“The very fact of periodic elections means that every incumbent must renew its mandate.
“Therefore, regardless of what APC thinks, there will be vacancy at the Presidential Villa in 2027.
“President Tinubu must re-apply to the Nigerian people, and he must show Nigerians why they should allow him to continue on the job, despite his ruinous policies that have made life miserable for the majority,” the party said.
It told the APC and President Bola Tinubu that in 2027, their report card would be evaluated based on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) of youth employment, security of lives, hunger and poverty, electricity supply, and justice to all, and warned that no amount of propaganda can change their report cards in the eyes of Nigerians.
ADC stated that while APC government and its media operatives continued to clap for themselves, and awarding themselves medals of excellence, the price of food has continued to rise beyond the reach of majority of Nigerians, while increasing number of Nigerian communities have been taken over by bandits, and the nation’s currency, the naira is battered and broken.
”This is why, to declare ‘no vacancy’ two years before an election, is to spit in the face of every Nigerian who still believes in their democratic power.
“It is to say: your vote does not matter. It is to mock the pain of the mothers and fathers who cannot afford food, the graduate who cannot find a job, and the entrepreneurs whose businesses have collapsed due to no fault of theirs,”the coalition party stated.
