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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday said President Bola Tinubu will be removed through the ballot and not bullets.<\/p>\n

It dismissed insinuations that the coalition is interested in truncating democracy in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

ADC\u2019s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, accused Tinubu of laying the foundation for a clampdown on opposition leaders.<\/p>\n

He made the remark in response to a tweet by Tinubu\u2019s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, who alleged that the opposition was planning to overthrow the President.<\/p>\n

Onanuga had said the coalition had ganged up to overthrow Tinubu\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

Rubbishing Onanuga\u2019s comment, Abdullahi described his remark as reckless and unsubstantiated.<\/p>\n

In a statement he signed, Abdullahi said Onanuga\u2019s comment shows that Tinubu\u2019s administration is out to intimidate and repress opposition political leaders in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

He noted that ADC would explore Democratic means to ensure Tinubu\u2019s removal from office and not by overthrowing him.<\/p>\n

The statement reads partly: \u201cADC condemned the tweet made by an aide of President Bola Tinubu, Onanuga, which alleges that the opposition is planning to overthrow the Tinubu government before 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything, it potentially lays the grounds for systematic clampdown on opposition leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ADC is not interested in truncating democracy, we are solely committed to saving the nation from the irredeemable incompetence of this government. We are not soldiers, we are politicians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have bullets; we only have the ballots. When the time comes, we will only present our solutions and an alternative vision of the future to the Nigerian people and leave them to make their choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday said President Bola Tinubu will be removed through the ballot and not bullets. It dismissed insinuations that the coalition is interested in truncating democracy in Nigeria. ADC\u2019s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, accused Tinubu of laying the foundation for a clampdown on opposition leaders. 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