The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of using security agencies, the judiciary and other state institutions to intimidate opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general election, insisting that such alleged actions would not secure his re-election.
The council declared that Tinubu would lose the presidential election despite what it described as growing political violence, intimidation and manipulation of democratic institutions.
Kola Ologbondiyan, Director of Media and Publicity of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council, made the position known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, alleging that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was deploying state institutions against opposition parties to retain power.
Ologbondiyan cited the killing of several members of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Delta State, allegedly following an attack by suspected APC thugs on the party’s campaign venue.
He said the incident reflected a growing pattern of attacks on opposition members, particularly those of the ADC, NDC and Allied Peoples Movement (APM), in Kaduna, Kogi, Katsina, Kebbi and Sokoto states.
‘This is not politics. This is state-sponsored terror against democracy,’ he said.
The ADC campaign council also questioned the neutrality of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), alleging that its voter register database had been compromised and that APC sympathisers had been placed in sensitive positions within the commission.
It further accused security agencies of harassing, arresting and intimidating opposition members, expressing concern over the alleged involvement of a serving director of a security agency in the APC Presidential Campaign Council.
Describing the development as a breach of the law establishing the agency, Ologbondiyan said the alleged deployment of state institutions against political opponents showed that the government was more interested in retaining power than allowing a credible electoral contest.