Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, has formally denied allegations from opposition groups suggesting the APC is engineering a one-party system for 2027.
During a Wednesday interview on Channels Television, “Politics Today” anchored by Seun Okinbaloye, Dare emphasized that the administration has no “covert or overt” agenda to restrict the ballot to the ruling party.
He declared: “There is no design whether covertly or overtly to have just the APC on the ballot. We have 21 parties registered to compete on the ballot; every party has the right to field a candidate.
“Now the APC will not roll out the carpet and close shop because other parties are struggling.”
Persecondnews reports that Dare’s response comes after ADC spokesperson Bolaji Abdullahi accused the APC of triggering crises in opposition parties to weaken competition in the 2027 elections.
Abdullahi claimed President Tinubu and the APC aim to create a one-party state, but the ADC will resist this move.
He believed that Tinubu’s unpopularity and internal party polls have pushed the APC into panic mode.
Dare, however, dismissed these claims, stating the ADC’s ability to protest to INEC shows Nigeria’s political freedom.
He emphasized the APC isn’t afraid of opposition and is focused on governance, attributing the ADC’s challenges to internal issues.
“What you are seeing here is self-inflicted. You decide to come in through the backdoor, you decide to ignore the fact that there are petitions and court cases.
“You decide to think that because you are in the opposition and you can shout very loud… what has happened to the ADC in the last several months is a locus classicus of how not to run an opposition, how not to hijack a political party, and how not to run a party,” he said.
Dare suggested the ADC should take their grievances to court instead of blaming the ruling party or President Tinubu, adding that this approach would allow them to prove their case.
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