Journalist Fisayo Soyombo has stated that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) offers nothing more than a rotational motion, characterised by five steps forward and at least another five steps backwards.

Opposition politicians recently adopted the ADC as the platform to launch their campaign to unseat President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

However, many Nigerians have questioned the coalition's motives, especially given its composition of politicians with questionable character.

Some have also stated that whatever problem the coalition claimed to be trying to solve, if it gained power, it actually contributed to creating.

One of those with such an opinion is Soyombo, who shared on X, "Let’s get it clear: the salvation of Nigeria does not lie in the hands of the Internally Displaced Politicians (IDPs) who have come together to create the vendetta actualisation vehicle that is ADC.

"If the two options before the electorate in 2027 end up being ADC and the All Pilferers Congress (APC), then there can only be one winner, and that will never be the people.

"A contest between the old APC and the new APC will result in one winning APC, tantamount to a reenactment of 2015, which hugely questions, even rubbishes, our studentship of history. ADC has nothing to offer other than rotational motion: five steps forward and at least another five behind, at best.

"As long as it is peopled by the old guard, any coalition conceived, conceptualised and compressed into the ADC will be APC pro max should it get into power. The people – not politicians – will save Nigeria when they’re ready."

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