{"id":360085,"date":"2025-07-03T11:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=360085"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:09:20","slug":"desperados-hungry-for-power-onanuga-knocks-adc-coalition-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/03\/desperados-hungry-for-power-onanuga-knocks-adc-coalition-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Desperados hungry for power&#8217; \u2014 Onanuga knocks ADC coalition politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-28 ai-optimize-introduction\"><strong>Onanuga described Rauf Aregbesola as a \u201crenegade\u201d expelled from APC for anti-party activities during Osun election.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-29\"><b>He added that the ex-minister Hadi Sirika, now in ADC, is currently facing trial for alleged contract splitting under Buhari\u2019s administration.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\">The special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has described politicians who recently joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as \u201cdesperados\u201d united only by hatred for President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-7\">He said those who left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the ADC had done so long before now, and their defection was no surprise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\">Onanuga made the remarks in a post shared on X on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\">A coalition of opposition politicians had earlier adopted the ADC as a platform for the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\">At the unveiling of the coalition on Wednesday in Abuja, the party named the former senate president, David Mark, as interim chairman, and Rauf Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun, as secretary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\">Among those present were the former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar; Peter Obi, the Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate in 2023; and Aminu Tambuwal, the former governor of Sokoto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\">Also in attendance were the former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; ex-minister of sports, Solomon Dalung; and the former APC national chairman, Odigie Oyegun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\">Others at the unveiling included the former attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami; former senator, Dino Melaye; publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu; and senators Eyinnanya Abaribe and Ireti Kingibe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\">More names on the list were Elisha Abbo, Uche Secondus, Tunde Ogbeha, Victor Umeh, Lauretta Onochie, Liyel Imoke and Bolaji Abdullahi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\">Onanuga urged Nigerians not to be fooled by the defection, dismissing the coalition as irrelevant and lacking ideology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\">He said the APC would not \u201cmourn\u201d those who had left, describing their exit as a long time coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\">\u201cRotimi Amaechi\u2019s soul left the APC in 2022 after losing the presidential primary to President Tinubu,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-18\">\u201cAbubakar Malami, the former attorney-general, has never hidden his estrangement from the APC since Tinubu assumed leadership and since he lost the governorship bid in Kebbi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-19\">\u201cHadi Sirika, now with the ADC, is facing trial for contract splitting and other allegations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\">\u201cThe renegade Rauf Aregbesola committed anti-party in the last Osun election and was expelled as an unfit APC member.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-21\">He labelled other members of the coalition as \u201cdisgruntled politicians posturing as would-be saviours of Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-22\">\u201cImam abandoned the APC after failing to secure the vice-presidential ticket in 2022,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-23\">\u201cChief Oyegun, a former party chairman, also lost interest in the APC and has been a foundational member of this coalition since its inception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-24\">He warned Nigerians against buying into what he called a \u201ccharade,\u201d describing the new political formation as one without a clear plan for the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-25\">\u201cMy advice to Nigerians: Shine your eyes very well,\u201d Onanuga wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-26\">\u201cA political party with no clear agenda or ideology \u2014 whose members are united only by their hatred for President Tinubu \u2014 can not be good for our country. It will only set us back by decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-27\">\u201cThese politicians are desperados, hungry for power \u2014 not for the benefit of Nigerians but for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onanuga described Rauf Aregbesola as a \u201crenegade\u201d expelled from APC for anti-party activities during Osun election. He added that the ex-minister Hadi Sirika, now in ADC, is currently facing trial for alleged contract splitting under Buhari\u2019s administration. 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