African Democratic Congress slams Tinubu’s rule, warning his mandate ends in 2027 as it condemns insecurity, naira collapse and worsening poverty

African Democratic Congress has fired back at the Presidency over its assertion that President Bola Tinubu has no plans to extend his tenure beyond 2031, describing the remarks as presumptuous and undemocratic.

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In a statement released on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the African Democratic Congress stressed that Tinubu’s mandate ends in 2027.

The party maintained that Nigerians, already battered by insecurity and economic hardship, would not wish to prolong his stay in office by a single day.

The opposition party criticised the government for presiding over a deteriorating security situation. It said terrorists and bandits now operate with impunity, with rural communities turning into war zones and kidnappings becoming a daily horror.

The African Democratic Congress argued that insecurity has metastasised into what it called “a national trauma,” while the government shows neither the will nor the capacity to address it.

On the economy, the party painted a bleak picture. It declared that the naira has collapsed, inflation has spiralled out of control, and food prices have tripled in many parts of the country. Once-thriving businesses, it said, are crumbling under punitive taxation and inconsistent policies.

According to the African Democratic Congress, the result is a nation where poverty deepens daily, jobs disappear, and the middle class is vanishing.

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The party accused the APC-led government of plunging millions of Nigerians into despair and insisted that by 2027 the people will demand new leadership.