Buhari: APC accuses ADC of trampling on national grief for cheap headline

By Adeyemi Adeleye

The All Progressives Congress has described statement by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), alleging that President Bola Tinubu was exploiting Buhari’s death for political publicity as baseless, tasteless and a new low in political desperation.

“This statement is not only reckless, but also grossly disrespects the memory of a former Head of State whose legacy— whether one agrees with it or not—shaped the democratic and security architecture of Nigeria.

“The ADC, in its rabid quest for relevance, has chosen to trample on national grief for a cheap headline,” the Lagos chapter of APC said this in a State by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo on Saturday.

Contrary to the claim of ADC, APC affirmed that Tinubu’s attendance at memorial events and his public tribute to the late President Muhammadu Buhari was not about opportunism, but loyalty and national leadership.

“Let it be made abundantly clear: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Muhammadu Buhari shared a political alliance rooted in mutual respect, democratic ideals, and nation-building.

“Tinubu’s attendance at memorial events and his public tribute to the late President reflect not opportunism, but loyalty and national leadership.

“It is hypocritical for any party, especially one as electorally irrelevant as the ADC, to lecture the APC on decorum or empathy,” Oladejo said.

According to him, while Nigerians are in mourning, the ADC sees only an opportunity to stir controversy and provoke division.

“This shows how out of touch the party is with the mood of the nation,” he said.

He urged Nigerians to see through “this dangerous attempt to politicise a moment of collective reflection.”

Oladejo said: “We further call on the ADC to tender an immediate apology to the family of the late President, the Nigerian people, and the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

According to him, at a time when unity, not division, is needed, the APC will not be drawn into the wrong politics of the ADC.

He said that Tinubu remained focused on governance, national security, economic revival, and honouring those who have served the nation with distinction.

“We will not tolerate further disrespect toward the memory of a national leader,” Oladejo said. (NAN)