Senator Ajibola Basiru, National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to completely deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Basiru said the opposition party has failed to justify its continued existence.
He said INEC should have gone beyond the derecognition of the leadership of the party led by former Senate President David Mark and proceed to remove the party entirely from the list of registered political parties.
Speaking at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, Basiru, alongside the National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, described the ADC as a drain on national time and resources.
Basiru said the party’s poor electoral performance and lingering internal disputes make a strong case for its deregistration.
“You look at the bye election in 17 constituencies, they won no seat. FCT Area Council elections, they won no chairmanship or councillorship seat. Same day, state constituency by-elections were conducted in Rivers and Kano states and they won no seats too.
“Even the quantum of votes they had in all the elections was nothing to write home about. Ordinarily, INEC should deregister them because they are just wasting the time and resources of Nigerians,” he said.
The APC also dismissed allegations by a faction of the ADC that the administration of Bola Tinubu is working to weaken opposition parties in a bid to establish a one party state.
According to Basiru, the crisis within the ADC is self-inflicted saw and rooted in what he described as a faulty leadership transition that culminated in a failed legal challenge at the Court of Appeal.
“Anytime they lose a case, democracy is in danger but any time our party loses in court, they will say democracy is alive. It is very laughable,” he said.
On the internal wrangling within the party, Basiru added, “You went and stole a rickety vehicle and if the vehicle has a brain bo
