The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as “laughable” and “wishful thinking” the prediction by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will serve only one term in office.
In a statement on Wednesday, the party’s spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, said no amount of “idle chatter” from the ADC or any other political group could derail the “historic mandate and steady leadership” of President Tinubu.
Oladejo described the ADC as “an association of serial defectors already on political life support” and urged Nigerians to ignore “the distractions of political lightweights” and remain steadfast in their support for Tinubu’s administration.
“Their claim that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be a one-term President is nothing but idle talk from a party that has never tasted power at the centre and is unlikely to do so in this lifetime,” Oladejo said.
He added that President Tinubu had “only just begun the hard work of resetting Nigeria on the path of sustainable growth and progress,” and that Nigerians were already seeing “bold, people-oriented policies that lesser leaders have shied away from for decades.”
“The APC government under Tinubu is laying solid foundations, step by step, for lasting transformation, while the ADC continues to prance about without roots or direction,” he stated.
On the ADC’s electoral prospects, Oladejo said there was “absolutely nothing on ground” to show the party stood a chance at the polls.
“If indeed ‘the morning shows the day,’ then the results of the recently held by-elections across the country, where the APC swept to overwhelming victory, speak volumes. Those victories were not only a referendum on the Tinubu government but also an overwhelming vote of confidence by Nigerians,” he said.
“Clearly, the ADC will do better in a circus arena than on the political rostrum. President Tinubu is not just running a government – he is consolidating a legacy that generations will reckon with,” Oladejo added.
