Tinubu, APC Not Weakening Opposition, Have No Hand In ADC’s Woes – Party

National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives (APC) has dismissed as baseless, allegations by the opposition coalition African Democratic Congress(ADC) that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling party were weakening the opposition to achieve a one-party state.

The national chairman of the ADC, Senator David Mark, had at a world press conference in Abuja on Thursday, alleged that Tinubu and the APC were weakening the opposition in their favour ahead of the 2027 elections.

Mark, who INEC’s de-recognition of his leadership as ADC national chairman and Rauf Aregbesola as national secretary among others, demanded the immediate resignation or sack of the chairman of the commission, Professor Joash Amupitan and all the national commissioners.

But at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the APC NWC said as at today, there are 19 registered political parties in Nigeria with potential to compete in the 2027 election and President Tinubu has no power to deregister any political party.

The NWC at the press conference addressed jointly by the APC national secretary, Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru and national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, said both President Tinubu and the party had no hand in the self-inflicted woes of the Mark-led ADC.

Basiru told Nigerians that the present predicament of Mark and his ilk has to do with the untidy way they hijacked the leadership of an existing political party without carrying along all stakeholders resulting in court litigation before the Federal Hight Court and the adverse judgment of the Court of Appeal.