No Vacancy In Aso Villa, ADC Fires Back At APC

The recent comment by the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, that there would be “no vacancy in Aso Rock” come 2027 has attracted strong criticism from the opposition coalition party, African Democratic Congress, ADC.

In a strong worded response by the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party frowned at the comment of the Yilwata, describing it as presumptuous and disrespectful to Nigerian people, who according to him are tired of hunger, insecurity, joblessness, and unfulfilled promises, adding that Nigerians cannot wait to reclaim their future at the ballot box.

Abdullahi is of the opinion that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is afraid and would want to do everything to avoid the election as a result of their abysmal performance at the national government, declaring that there would be vacancy in Aso Villa come 2027.

“We understand why APC is afraid, and would wish that they could somehow avoid that day of reckoning with the ballot box. The very fact of periodic elections means that every incumbent must renew its mandate. Therefore, regardless of what APC thinks, there will be vacancy at the Presidential Villa in 2027. President Tinubu must re-apply to the Nigerian people, and he must show Nigerians why they should allow him to continue on the job, despite his ruinous policies that have made life miserable for the majority.”

The statement went further to say that the APC and President Bola Tinubu would be evaluated based on what he termed Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that include youth employment, security of lives, hunger and poverty, electricity supply, and justice to all.

According to Abdullahi, no amount of propaganda can change their report cards in the eyes of Nigerians.

While the APC government and its media operatives continue to clap for themselves, and awarding themselves medals of excellence, the price of food has continued to rise beyond the reach of majority of Nigerians, ever increasing number of our communities are being taken over by bandits, and our Naira remains battered and broken.

“This is why, to declare “no vacancy” two years before an election, is to spit in the face of every Nigerian who still believes in their democratic power. It is to say: your vote does not matter. It is to mock the pain of the mothers and fathers who cannot afford food, the graduate who cannot find a job, and the entrepreneurs whose businesses have collapsed due to no fault of theirs.”

“Let it be known, the APC will have to reapply for the job of leading this country in 2027, and they do not get to mark their own papers.”