Founding National Chairman of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), Raph Nwosu, has explained that the 2027 elections will not hold if the opposition party is not on the ballot.
Nwosu also declared that ADC has already secured required statistics and numbers to take over from the incumbent President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
He spoke at a party event on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to him, with the coalition, the party has recorded phenomenal achievements, adding that up till Tuesday evening some serving senators in the ruling APC and other parties were still talking to ADC leadership to join the party.
The large gathering brought together young men and women who are contesting different positions across the country, with prominent party leaders in attendance.
Nwosu revealed further that in taking over ADC, the coalition did everything right and nothing was done wrong, blaming the current challenges facing the party on the existing culture of impunity in Nigerian politics.
“The culture in place is dirty. It’s very difficult to change the culture, but we will continue working very hard to do so once we are determined. You don’t need a million people to do it; you just need a few determined minds.
“With the number we have today in ADC, what we have achieved by the Coalition is phenomenal, and no matter how anybody thinks they can knock this down, they cannot. To knock this down will be almost like knocking our democracy down, and God will not allow that. We have put enough strategies in places to ensure that it doesn’t happen.
“But what you may hear happening and see happening now, when people in power, especially in the third world country, people who love impunity and feel that they can play God, are in power, they would try everything, especially when it’s clear to them that their time is over.
“The time is over for Tinubu politically, and he must go. The time is over for Akpabio (Senate president), and they must go.
“The statistics are already there in our portal. I think we’re already recording over 5 million people who are desirous to pay money and to become members of ADC. By the time the registration closes down, if it has not closed down by today, we will have a minimum of 11 million people that are ready to contribute money,” he stated.
“All I know is that Tinubu and Amupitan cannot conduct any election in this country if ADC is not on the ballot,” Nwosu added.
This comes as David Mark-led leadership of the ADC grapples with internal crisis.
A federal High Court on Wednesday barred the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognizing ADC leadership under David Mark.
