The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asserted that unseating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections will be far easier than the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) landmark victory over former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
The declaration came during the inauguration of the party’s new leadership team in Delta State, where former All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate Chief Great Ogboru was officially unveiled as a member.
Representing the National Chairman of the ADC, Senator David Mark, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal announced that the new leadership has been tasked with nationwide mobilisation, membership registration and validation, and the establishment of ADC offices in states, local government areas, wards, and polling units.
Lawal said the party will also intensify sensitisation campaigns to educate Nigerians on the ADC’s ideology and position it as a credible electoral alternative.
Speaking at the event, Chief Ogboru criticised the APC for underestimating Nigerians’ dissatisfaction with the current administration.
“They did not know that an obscure party like the ADC would rise to say ‘no’,” he said.
“For democracy to thrive, there must be an alternative and the people must decide.”
National Vice Chairman of the ADC, South-South, Usani Usani, dismissed any notion that President Tinubu could have an easy path to re-election.
“We have come here to assure Nigerians that defeating this government is easier than removing Goodluck Jonathan,” he stated.
Similarly, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, criticised the current political landscape, insisting that the ADC is the only viable opposition ahead of 2027.
“The mission of ADC is to rescue Nigeria. All other parties are weak. By 2027, the government wants only the APC standing,” he said, describing the ADC as the “last man standing in the opposition” and the hope of ordinary Nigerians.
