Mogaji (Hon) Seye Oladejo
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) strongly condemns the disgraceful and toxic outburst by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in what it shamefully attempted to pass off as a birthday message to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
At a time when basic human decency demands restraint and goodwill, the ADC chose the low road of bitterness and petty political hostility. This conduct is not only irresponsible; it is a stark admission of an opposition in deep crisis-rudderless, frustrated, and clearly overwhelmed by its own irrelevance.
For context, Nigerians need only recall the dignified and empathetic disposition shown by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in responding to the personal loss of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, even while he was still undergoing criminal trial. That moment demonstrated that even in the face of serious institutional processes, civility, humanity, and respect must never be discarded.
The ADC’s conduct stands in sharp and embarrassing contrast. It reveals a political platform that has abandoned all pretence of maturity and is now fully consumed by desperation and hopelessness. When a party cannot distinguish between legitimate opposition and sheer recklessness, it forfeits any claim to seriousness.
This brand of mindless toxicity is not opposition-it is political bankruptcy laid bare. Nigerians deserve an opposition that can think, organize, and present alternatives-not one that lashes out in fits of frustration and calls it engagement.
If the ADC has any remaining regard for its public standing, it should urgently redirect the energy it currently expends on senseless attacks into the far more urgent task of organizing itself into something that at least resembles a functional political association.
The Lagos APC remains focused, disciplined, and committed to delivering on the mandate of good governance, while lesser actors continue to flounder in chaos and irrelevance.
Mogaji (Hon) Seye Oladejo
Lagos APC Spokesman