The Promoter and Chief Convener of the Alternative, a pan Nigerian Movement, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has described the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as a coalition of commotion, confusion, corruption and mismanagement.
Showunmi stated this at the Southwest Town hall meeting of the Alternative held in Abeokuta, on Thursday.
DAILY POST reports that opposition leaders on Wednesday, adopted ADC as a platform for a coalition pushing to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the next election.
The Party appointed former Senate President, David Mark and a ex-governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, as the Interim National Chairman and Secretary.
Reacting to this, the PDP Chieftain stated that Nigerians need a reorientation and a shift in mindset regarding voting and the political process.
His words, “It’s the right of politicians to do whatever they want to do but it’s the duty of citizens to look at them and say, you have done this kind of trick one time too many.
“That party, the ADC, has been in existence for sometimes. Some of our people have been there and they even have contested issues around their Chairmanship.
“Yet, today, you have left your own party and you have rushed in there. If you go there quietly like decent people so that you don’t carry the same character you had in your party to destroy your party into a new forum, people would have respected you.
“But what are you doing? You’re huffing and puffing as if the party does not have members before. Who will follow such people?
“So, when people ask me what I have to say about the coalition or whatever they call it? I will just say, the merry-go-round of the musical chair they have been doing since 1992 did not work for them and will not work now,” he said.
According to the PDP chieftain, Nigerians have till next year to decide whether or not to re-elect President Bola Tinubu, maintaining that the coalition’s leaders, would be a waste of time if Nigerians entrust them with power.
“In the meantime, we may not know who can fit in, but we know these ones can not do anything. It will be a waste of everybody’s time even if they try it”.
He insisted that Alternative was created to deepen Nigerian democracy, to tackle issues of voters apathy, vote- – buying, and division among Nigerians.
In his remarks, the Publicity Secretary of Labour Party (LP), Abayomi Arabambi, said Nigeria needs a coalition with progressive-mindedness, noting that Nigerians must reject repackaging of “political despots” as saviours.