Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has berated Nigerians for prioritising personalities over national issues in their assessments of the opposition politicians in the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Naijaonpoint reports that Ologbondiyan, during an interview on Channels Television on Friday, asserted that the conversations and policy positions of the ADC should form the basis of political discourse, not attacks on individuals associated with the party.

The PDP chieftain emphasised that personality-focused narratives have not benefited the country, urging both politicians and citizens to shift toward issue-based politics, as Nigeria’s democratic future depends on it.

While addressing public skepticism about the ADC, Ologbondiyan said many Nigerians wrongly dismiss parties based on assumptions rather than understanding their platforms.

He said, “I think the issues, the conversations which have been raised by the ADC should be of interest to those who are in government and not attacks on personalities.

“We’ve done that over and over; where has it taken the nation to? It hasn’t taken us anywhere.

“If we don’t want to fail this democracy, if we do not want to continue to fail Nigerians, then we should look at issues in the conversation and not personalities.

“When you sit in your house and you think you have the biggest farm, you might not get the advantage to see what the other person is doing because you’re going to judge them on account of what you have in your farm.”