The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has responded to a claim by President Bola Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, that the opposition is planning to overthrow the President. In a statement signed by the party’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC described the claim as reckless and baseless.

Abdullahi emphasized that the party is committed to democratic principles and will seek to remove Tinubu through the ballot box, not by force. “We are politicians, not soldiers,” he said. “We don’t have bullets; we only have ballots. When the time comes, we will present our solutions and alternative vision to the Nigerian people and let them decide.”

The ADC accused Tinubu’s administration of laying the groundwork for a clampdown on opposition leaders and reasserted its commitment to saving Nigeria from what it sees as the current government’s incompetence.

Full Statement

The ADC statement partly reads: “ADC condemned the tweet made by an aide of President Bola Tinubu, Onanuga, which alleges that the opposition is planning to overthrow the Tinubu government before 2027. If anything, it potentially lays the grounds for systematic clampdown on opposition leaders. The ADC is not interested in truncating democracy, we are solely committed to saving the nation from the irredeemable incompetence of this government.”