{"id":5247,"date":"2026-04-24T16:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/adc-members-warn-tinubu-against-taking-akpabio-for-granted"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:15:09","slug":"adc-members-warn-tinubu-against-taking-akpabio-for-granted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/adc-members-warn-tinubu-against-taking-akpabio-for-granted","title":{"rendered":"ADC Members Warn Tinubu Against Taking Akpabio for Granted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, National Legislatures Forum, on Tuesday warned President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration against taking the party\u2019s humane\u2019s disposition for weakness.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the forum\u2019s press conference in Abuja, a former member of the House of Representatives, Chile Igbawua, warned that the ADC is not begging but asking the judiciary and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to carry out its duties.<\/p>\n<p>According to Igbawua: \u201cAgreed that the ADC has been as humane as the opposition political party can be but I would like to sound a note of warning that this government should not take that for weakness. We are not begging, we are simply asking everybody to do what they are supposed to do. The judiciary and electoral umpire should do their work as they are assigned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it stands, ADC doesn\u2019t have confidence in INEC as it\u2019s presently constituted. It\u2019s surprising that the head of the legislature has become a press secretary to the INEC Chairman that when accusations are done against him, he sit there in the other arm of government to defend him just like he defends other functionaries in the executives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Igbawua also accused Senate President Godswill Akpbio of destroying the Nigerian legislature, stressing that the forum is ashamed of the current National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe know that Akpabio has destroyed the legislature and we are ashamed to say so, we were there and we knew what we did when occasion demanded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ashamed of what we see there today but we believe that those who think that they have a field day should know that they don\u2019t, they will all give account if anybody tries to mess up the democracy; he will account for it personally and corporately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, National Legislatures Forum, on Tuesday warned President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration against taking the party\u2019s humane\u2019s disposition for weakness. 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