The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has known as on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to publicly withdraw his “All Is Fair in Politics” comment, warning that it might encourage political violence and threaten the nation’s peace and stability forward of the 2027 common elections.
The council additionally expressed concern over what it described because the President’s silence on alleged inflammatory statements and threats by some governors and chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a press release signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, the ADC-PCC urged Tinubu to rise above partisan pursuits and exhibit the statesmanship anticipated of a nationwide chief.
It cited former President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration that no presidential ambition was well worth the blood of any Nigerian, urging Tinubu to make an analogous dedication to peaceable political engagement.
The council criticised the Presidency for allegedly focusing its condemnation of political violence on opposition events whereas failing to deal with accusations in opposition to members of the ruling occasion.
It stated the President’s comment that “All Is Fair in Politics” was inappropriate for a sitting Head of State, arguing that it might be interpreted as offering cowl for thuggery, poll snatching, intimidation and bloodshed.
The ADC-PCC alleged that opposition gatherings had come below assault in Edo, Cross River, Gombe, Lagos, Kebbi and Kaduna states, with marketing campaign supplies destroyed and supporters assaulted by suspected APC-sponsored thugs.
It, nonetheless, accused the Presidency of adopting what it described as diversionary techniques by blaming victims and urging opposition events to train restraint as a substitute of addressing alleged acts of violence inside the APC.
The council challenged Tinubu to elucidate why his condemnation of political violence gave the impression to be directed extra at opposition events than members of his personal occasion.
It additionally questioned the President’s silence over alleged threats by APC governors and inflammatory statements by occasion officers.
Reaffirming its dedication to peaceable and issue-based political engagement, the ADC-PCC stated its marketing campaign would concentrate on addressing the nation’s challenges, together with starvation, insecurity, unemployment and corruption.
It additionally accused the APC of resorting to political intimidation as a result of it lacked credible options to the issues confronting Nigerians.
The council consequently demanded that Tinubu publicly withdraw his “All Is Fair in Politics” comment, condemn and name to order APC governors and occasion officers accused of inciting violence, and direct safety businesses to guard all Nigerians with out political bias.
“ Nigeria belongs to all of us. No political ambition is well worth the blood of any Nigerian.
“If former President Goodluck Jonathan might make that profound declaration in 2015, President Tinubu has no excuse to not say so and exhibit the sincerity of his dedication to peace in 2026.
“The ADC will not be intimidated. We will continue to campaign peacefully, and in 2027, Nigerians will have the opportunity to vote for competence, integrity and a new beginning,” the assertion added.
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