*Says Tinubu will be removed through ballots, not bullets
By Folorunso Alagbede, Abuja
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has dismissed insinuations that the coalition is interested in truncating democracy in Nigeria.
The Interim National Publicity Secretary of ADC , Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said this on Wednesday in reaction to a tweet by a media aide of President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, which alleged that the opposition is planning to overthrow him ( Tinubu).
The ADC said, categorically, on Wednesday that President Tinubu will be removed through the ballot and not bullets.
It dismissed insinuations that the coalition is interested in truncating democracy in Nigeria.
Mallam Abdullahi described the remark by Onanuga as reckless and unsubstantiated.
In a statement issued by him, Abdullahi said Onanuga’s comment shows that Tinubu’s administration is out to intimidate and repress opposition political leaders in Nigeria.
He pointed out that ADC would explore Democratic means to ensure Tinubu’s removal from office and not by overthrowing him.
The statement reads in part, “ADC condemned the tweet made by an aide of President Bola Tinubu, Onanuga, which alleges that the opposition is planning to overthrow the Tinubu government before 2027.
“If anything, it potentially lays the grounds for systematic clampdown on opposition leaders.
“The ADC is not interested in truncating democracy, we are solely committed to saving the nation from the irredeemable incompetence of this government.
“We are not soldiers, we are politicians.
We don’t have bullets; we only have the ballots.
“When the time comes, we will only present our solutions and an alternative vision of the future to the Nigerian people and leave them to make their choice”, he said.
