The APC has slammed the ADC over internal disputes, calling their challenges self-inflicted and backing INEC’s ruling against the party.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing the opposition party as “confused and desperate” over recent leadership disputes.
In a Thursday press statement signed by APC National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka, the party described the ADC’s challenges as self-inflicted, resulting from internal factional disputes that led to a court ruling and subsequent action by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). 
“Quite apart from being an assembly of Nigeria’s most confused and desperate politicians, the ADC has distinguished itself as a peddler of rabid conspiracy theories about what the APC is or is not doing,” the statement said.
The APC accused the ADC of violating its own constitution and failing to follow proper leadership succession processes when the faction led by Senator David Mark and former governor Rauf Aregbesola assumed control of the party. “By parachuting into the party like thoughtless and planless commandos, and hijacking the party in violent violation of its constitutional stipulations, the ADC set its own date with destiny,” the statement added.
According to the APC, INEC’s decision to derecognize the Mark-led executives is “valid in law, justified in fact, and consistent with electoral policy and democratic practice,” describing the move as a lawful consequence of ADC’s internal mismanagement.
The ruling party also criticized the opposition for repeatedly targeting the APC instead of addressing its internal issues. “It is highly escapist and irresponsible for the ADC to blame the APC for its internal woes of which they are the sole architects,” the statement read.
APC officials further questioned the ADC’s ability to contribute meaningfully to Nigeria’s development, arguing that “a party that cannot fix itself cannot possibly fix Nigeria,” and labeling the party as “bereft of ideas and lost in vain desperation for power.”
Despite the exchange, the APC reaffirmed its commitment to governance under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. “Our great party and the administration of President Bola Tinubu remain steadfast in delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda, and strengthening democratic institutions for peace, unity, and prosperity of all Nigerians,” the statement concluded.
