From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru, has stated that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling party are not bothered about the contraption of electoral unviability bandied by the opposition party, the African Democratic Party (APC).
The party’s chief scribe also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately deregister the opposition coalition party, over what the ruling party described as lack of electoral value. He spoke at a press conference at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Friday, with the National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, mocking that ADC’s acclaimed political dominance in the country has not translated into any electoral value.
“The David Mark factional ADC leadership appears to be indulging in self-delusion by positioning themselves as the leading opposition, when their recent electoral outings clearly suggest otherwise. You cannot lay claim to national relevance while your performance at the polls remains abysmal and unconvincing. Since the inception of their so-called coalition, Nigerians have roundly rejected them at the polls, including the recently held local government area council election held in the Federal Capital Territory.
“Leadership of the opposition is not declared through press conferences or rhetoric; it is earned through consistent electoral credibility and public trust, both of which they have struggled to demonstrate.
“Therefore, President Bola Tinubu and indeed the APC cannot be bothered about the contraption of electoral unviability being bandied as a “coalition”, “ Basiru noted.
Calling the electoral umpire to deregister the party, Basiru said: “We advice INEC to deregister the coalition of confusion party because they have no electoral value. They cannot be demonising INEC by calling for the sack of the chairman and national commissioners.
“Assuming that the electoral umpire boss and the commissioners are sacked, who will appoint the next set of people taking over from them? Instead of seeking court redress they are calling for the sack of the electoral umpire management.
“They are not ready to obey the law but preferred to go ahead with its scheduled activities including the conduct of the convention which shows that they have no regards for the court of law,” the national secretary said.
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