Tinubu Does Not Need To Destabilise ADC To Seek Re-Election – Oyintiloye

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has advised the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to stop blaming President Bola Tinubu for their woes.

He advised the opposition coalition to look inward and resolve its internal crisis instead of blaming the ruling party.

Speaking via a statement in Osogbo on Monday, Oyintiloye stated that Tinubu is not a court of law that directed the ADC to revert to its pre-merger executives pending the determination of a case at the Federal High Court, instituted by one of its members.

Oyintiloye said the delisted ADC leadership must be courageous enough to tell Nigerians the truth, rather than tag the president as being responsible for the crisis within the party.

He said, “I will advise the ADC to put its house in order and stop blaming Tinubu for its crisis. The President is a true democrat and does not need to destabilise any party to secure re-election in 2027.

“Tinubu is not a member of the Court of Appeal that delivered the judgment, nor does he have the time to poke his nose into unnecessary political matters.

“If the ADC is looking for anyone to blame, targeting Tinubu is a miscalculated move.”

Oyintiloye stated that the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to recognise any faction of the ADC until all litigations are resolved was neither its doing nor Tinubu’s fault, but a result of a court ruling.

“My candid advice to the ADC is to look inward and resolve its internal crisis rather than engaging in a blame game,” he added.

He counselled politicians to play by the rules and avoid acts that may later become their albatross.

According to him, “resorting to blackmail will not save ADC. The party need to return to the drawing board and restrategise, if it wants Nigerians to recognise it as a force within the nation’s political space.”