African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the All Progressives Congress (APC) revised presidential campaign council as “a crowded confession of Tinubu’s fear.”
Atiku, in a statement by the Director of Strategic Communication, ADC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Phrank Shaibu, said the length of the list showed that President Bola Tinubu is more “eager to count politicians than answer for what Nigerians have endured.”
The former Vice-President noted that the APC campaign council has exposed the same appetite for political excess that allegedly produced one of Nigeria’s largest federal cabinets.
Atiku, while condemning the inauguration of the APC Presidential Campaign Council inside the Presidential Villa, said Aso Rock belongs to the Nigerian people and is not the property of any political party.
According to him, “the Presidential Villa belongs to the Nigerian people. It is not a campaign venue or the private property of any political party. Using it for an APC political event is a gross breach of public trust and a troubling abuse of public office.”
“Abuja has no shortage of halls and public spaces large enough to host a campaign gathering. Why, then, did Bola Tinubu choose to inaugurate his campaign council at night, behind the gates of the Presidential Villa?”
Furthermore, the ADC candidate, who noted that President Tinubu may include as many names as he likes in his campaign council, said his performance in the last three and a half years has given Nigerians a reason to vote against him.
“When the first list drew criticism, Tinubu had a chance to show that he understood the country’s anger. Instead, he returned with an even longer list, reaching into other parties for more names. He is collecting politicians like shields against public judgment.”
“Let him collect them all. Not one of them can cast a vote for the mother who can no longer feed her children or the family still waiting for a loved one taken by kidnappers.”
“The 2026 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index recorded an increase of 17.9 million Nigerians living in multidimensional poverty. Three and a half years of Tinubu’s leadership have left millions in deeper hardship and thousands more traumatised by insecurity.”
” Tinubu can write all the names he likes on his campaign list; his record has given millions of Nigerians a reason to vote against him. They are the automatic volunteer wing of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council,” Atiku stated.
Furthermore, the former Vice-President said: “He may have assembled an army of politicians, but the list of Nigerians determined to reject his re-election is much longer. No campaign council, however crowded, can make food affordable, restore a worker’s purchasing power or explain why the sacrifices demanded of ordinary Nigerians never seem to reach Tinubu’s own political circle.”
“The ADC has assembled a focused campaign team to take its case to Nigerians. Tinubu can keep adding names to his council. He cannot add a name that will make life affordable again for the families struggling under his government.”
“On January 16, the ballot will contain no column for the size of a campaign council. Nigerians will judge Tinubu by the lives they have lived under his government: the mother who cannot afford enough food for her children, the worker who spends most of his wages getting to work, the parents who cannot pay school fees, and the families afraid that loved ones may not return safely from a journey.”
“Families face hunger, hardship and fear every day. No crowd of politicians can stand between a President and his abysmal record. Tinubu can surround himself with every political heavyweight in Nigeria; on election day, he will still face the people who lived through his failures and their list is much longer.”
