The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has denied allegations of unpaid salaries within the party, dismissing the claim by the APC Presidential Campaign Council as an “irresponsible falsehood” and challenging the ruling party to produce evidence or withdraw the accusation.
In a press statement issued on Monday, and signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC described the APC’s allegation, said to have been made through the APC campaign spokesman, Mr. Alake, as “another laughable piece of cheap propaganda from a government that has failed Nigerians on every important measure of governance.”
The statement read in part: “The ADC categorically rejects this allegation as an irresponsible falsehood, deliberately concocted to mislead Nigerians and distract attention from the monumental failures of the Tinubu administration. If the APC has any credible evidence to support its claims, it should produce it rather than continue to insult Nigerians with fabricated stories masquerading as press statements.”
The opposition party said it found it “rather amusing” that a government presiding over “one of the most painful periods of economic hardship in our country’s recent history” would consider itself qualified to lecture anyone on the welfare of workers, adding that “when a government has no achievements to defend, it must manufacture allegations to discuss.”
The ADC said the APC was attempting to change the conversation, insisting that “the real issue is not the imaginary crisis that the APC is desperately trying to manufacture within the ADC.” It listed the cost of living, the absence of jobs and opportunities for young people, and insecurity as the issues on which the Tinubu administration should be judged.
“It is becoming increasingly clear that the APC has decided to run its 2027 campaign on allegations against the opposition rather than achievements of its own. That is what happens when a government has spent years making promises it cannot keep and excuses it cannot defend,” the statement said.
The party advised Mr. Alake and his colleagues to “spend less time inventing stories about the ADC and more time explaining why Nigerians should reward their party with another term after the hardship, insecurity and economic uncertainty of the last three years.”
Reiterating that the next election would be decided on the cost of living, the ADC said it would “not be distracted” and would continue to hold the government accountable “on the issues that matter to Nigerians.”
It added: “If the APC has a record to defend, let it defend it. If it has solutions, let it present them. But it should stop insulting the intelligence of Nigerians with these increasingly desperate distractions.”
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