Lagos APC, Politics’ ‘New Enfant Terrible’, Mocks ADC’s One-term Prophecy for Tinubu

…Says Party On Life Support, Fit Only For The Circus

By Franklin Adole

The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has again taken the fight to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, dismissing its claim that President Bola Tinubu will be a one-term President as idle talk and laughable.

The ADC had on Tuesday flayed the Presidency’s declaration that Tinubu has no intention of extending his stay in office beyond 2031, describing it as presumptuous and undemocratic. The opposition party insisted that the President’s mandate ends in 2027 and that Nigerians, already weighed down by poverty and insecurity, would not extend his rule by a single day.

In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC warned that “the President should be preparing to hand over in 2027,” stressing that citizens, “poorer and angrier than before, would resist any hint of tenure elongation.”

The opposition’s position came in response to presidential aide Bayo Onanuga, who had clarified that Tinubu “is a democrat who does not intend to stay in office beyond May 28, 2031” if re-elected in 2027. The clarification was meant to douse fears raised by former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai that the administration was toying with a life-presidency agenda.

But the ADC dismissed Onanuga’s assurance, arguing that any mention of “2031” revealed “a mindset that treats re-election as an entitlement rather than an accountability test.” It accused the Tinubu government of failing its most basic duty — to protect lives and livelihoods. “Under his watch, terrorism and banditry have spread unchecked, citizens are kidnapped in daylight, and rural communities have become war zones. The government has neither the will nor the capacity to stop it,” the party declared.

On the economy, the ADC lamented the collapse of the naira, surging inflation, and vanishing jobs, claiming that businesses were being suffocated by policy inconsistencies and punitive taxation. “Nigerians are poorer, hungrier, and angrier than before Tinubu took office,” it added.

That statement drew a ferocious response from the Lagos APC, which lampooned the ADC as a hollow association of “serial defectors” already “on political life support” and certain to “fizzle into oblivion.”

Party spokesman, Seye Oladejo, declared: “APC notes with utter amusement the latest daydream from the tottering ADC, now parading itself as a credible voice in Nigeria’s democracy.

“Their claim that President 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 it was “rather convenient for a party that has no record of winning elections at the national level to begin to write imaginary scripts about the tenure of a leader whose political sagacity, track record of service, and capacity to deliver are beyond question.”

According to him, “President Tinubu has only just begun the hard work of resetting Nigeria on the path of sustainable growth and progress. Nigerians are already seeing bold, people-oriented policies that lesser leaders have shied away from for decades.

“Our people say, ‘You don’t learn to walk by first attempting to run.’ 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 added: “Another proverb teaches us that ‘A child who washes his hands clean will dine with elders.’ President Tinubu, by virtue of his political pedigree and sacrifice for democracy, has earned his place at the leadership table – unlike the ADC that feeds on crumbs from serial defections.”

Oladejo maintained that “there is absolutely nothing on the ground to show that the ADC stands any 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. Clearly, the ADC will do better in a circus arena than on the political rostrum.”

With rhetorical flourish, the Lagos APC declared: “As our people wisely remind us, ‘The hen’s cackle does not stop the sunrise.’ No amount of idle chatter from the ADC can derail the historic mandate and steady leadership of President Tinubu.

“The so-called prophecy of a one-term presidency is nothing but wishful thinking from a party whose best days are behind it – if indeed it ever had any.”

The statement urged Nigerians to “ignore the distractions of political lightweights and remain steadfast in supporting President Tinubu’s administration,” stressing that “President Tinubu is not just running a government – he is consolidating a legacy that generations will reckon with.”