ADC Responds to Tinubu: “We Will Rescue Nigeria from the Abyss”

By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) issued a statement on Monday accusing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of deepening Nigeria’s crisis. The party claimed that the opposition would rescue the country from the “edge of the dangerous precipice” the current administration has placed it on.

The ADC highlighted worsening hunger, rising insecurity, business failures and growing public frustration as evidence of increasing hardship nationwide. It also raised concerns about the APC presidential primary results, which gave President Tinubu 10.99 million votes ahead of the 2027 election.

In a statement by National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC described the president’s recent remarks against the opposition as “ironic and disconnected from the realities facing ordinary Nigerians.” Abdullahi said, “If the opposition is going to take the country backwards, it would be to reset it from the edge of the dangerous precipice that the current administration has placed it on, because to continue on the same trajectory is to plunge the country into the abyss.”

“It is both ironic and tragic that a government under whose watch nearly 35 million Nigerians are now projected to face acute food insecurity in 2026 would accuse the opposition of lacking ideas or vision,” Abdullahi added.

The party noted that inflation has eroded household incomes, while soaring food prices and worsening insecurity continue to pressure millions of families. It said businesses are shutting down daily under harsh economic conditions and that many farmers can no longer safely access their farmlands because of banditry, kidnappings and violent attacks.

The ADC cited reports projecting that about 34.7 million Nigerians could face severe food and nutrition insecurity during the 2026 lean season, while more than 2.3 million people remain displaced by violence and insecurity.

According to the ADC, President Tinubu has chosen political attacks instead of empathy and accountability. The party declared, “President Tinubu must understand that Nigerians are no longer interested in speeches or political grandstanding. Nigerians are asking simple questions: Why is food unaffordable? Why are businesses collapsing? Why are citizens increasingly unsafe? Why are more Nigerians falling into poverty despite endless promises of reform and recovery?”

The ADC said Nigerians already know who is responsible for the country’s economic difficulties and insisted that political rhetoric cannot erase the reality of “daily suffering” across the country.

The party also questioned the outcome of the APC presidential primary, describing the announcement that Tinubu secured 10.99 million votes as unbelievable in what it called a one‑man contest. Abdullahi said, “The ADC also finds it bizarre that President Tinubu was announced to have secured 10.99 million votes in the APC presidential primary. In a process designed for President Tinubu to contest against himself, one may be tempted to dismiss the figure as laughable if it were not recognisable for what it truly represents: a subtle attempt to set the stage and condition Nigerians for the kind of fantastic rigging being planned by the ruling party ahead of the 2027 elections.”

The opposition party maintained that Nigeria cannot continue on what it described as a disastrous path marked by economic decline, institutional weakness and growing hopelessness. “Nigerians deserve competent leadership, compassionate governance, and a government that understands that power exists to improve lives, not merely to retain control,” the ADC added.

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