The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of parading “imaginary” defectors after the ruling party announced that some House of Assembly candidates from Jigawa, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara states had defected to its ranks.
The opposition party said those presented by the APC were neither its candidates nor leaders, alleging that the ruling party had attached ADC identities to individuals who had no such standing within the party.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC challenged the APC to provide evidence of the political credentials it attributed to the alleged defectors.
“The APC cannot assemble random individuals at its secretariat, confer imaginary ADC credentials on them and then announce their defection,” Abdullahi said.
He said while the APC chairman was free to receive visitors, he should not present them to Nigerians as ADC candidates.
“These people are not our candidates,” the party said.
The ADC also dismissed the APC’s claim that the alleged defectors were drawn to the ruling party by what it described as the administration’s “remarkable transformation” of Northern Nigeria.
The opposition party questioned how such claims could translate into relief for Nigerians dealing with rising food prices, insecurity and increasing household expenses.
“Having invented ADC credentials for its guests, the APC has supplied an equally imaginative account of its performance over the past few years,” the ADC said.
The party challenged the APC to identify the alleged defectors’ offices within the ADC, the constituencies they supposedly represented and the periods they held such 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 party said.
The ADC said Nigerians were more interested in evidence of improved living conditions than political photo opportunities.
“Nigerians are asking for evidence of better lives; the APC is manufacturing photographs and congratulating itself,” the party said.
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