The Media Adviser to embattled National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, Kola Ologbondiyan, has claimed that the party’s issues with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), are because the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), does not want a viable opposition.
PrimeTimes Nigeria recall that a fresh crisis began within the ADC after the INEC derecognised the Mark-led faction of the party, citing court order.
Speaking on the development, in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ on Wednesday, Ologbondiyan alleged that the crises in political parties are being sponsored.
According to the ADC chieftain, the party’s #OccupyINEC protest, which was held on Wednesday, was simply a message to President Bola Tinubu and those encouraging division that they will have a day of reckoning.
Ologbondiyan said, “ADC’s issues with INEC and the divisions within parties are because the APC does not want a viable opposition.
“The supposed crises in political parties are being sponsored. The protest by the ADC leaders is simply to tell the president and those encouraging division that they will have a day of reckoning.
“This democracy started in 1999 precisely, and we have come this far to 2026, so what we should be expecting is growth, not a decapitation.
“Unfortunately, what is happening now is a movement, and a shift towards a one-party state instead of a multi-party democracy.”