The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of parading impostors as its members, insisting that the individuals presented as defectors from Jigawa, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara states are neither its House of Assembly candidates nor party leaders.
The opposition party described the APC’s claim that it had received ADC House of Assembly candidates from the four states as false, saying it existed only in the imagination of the ruling party.
In a statement issued on Monday by the ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party dismissed the reported defections as a publicity stunt.
> “The APC cannot assemble random individuals at its secretariat, confer imaginary ADC credentials on them and then announce their defection. While the APC Chairman is welcome to receive visitors, he should stop introducing them to Nigerians as people they are not. These people are not our candidates,” Abdullahi said.
The ADC also faulted the APC’s claim that the alleged defectors were attracted by what it described as the administration’s “remarkable transformation” of Northern Nigeria.
According to the party, the ruling APC was creating false narratives instead of addressing the economic and security challenges facing Nigerians.
> “Having invented ADC credentials for its guests, the APC has supplied an equally imaginative account of its performance over the past few years. The APC should explain how these fake photo-ops bring down food prices, protect Nigeria’s communities or help struggling families pay their bills. Nigerians are asking for evidence of better lives; the APC is manufacturing photographs and congratulating itself,” the statement added.
The ADC challenged the APC to provide proof that the individuals it presented actually belonged to the opposition party.
It urged the ruling party to identify the offices the alleged defectors held within the ADC, the constituencies they contested as House of Assembly candidates, and when they occupied those positions.
> “The APC should state the ADC offices these individuals supposedly held, the constituencies they represented as our candidates and when they held those positions. The APC should enjoy its photographs and spare Nigerians this unnecessary fiction,” Abdullahi said.
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