{"id":196306,"date":"2026-02-26T22:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:43:17","slug":"adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting","title":{"rendered":"ADC APC Spokespersons Exchange Barbs Over Edo Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A fresh war of words has erupted between the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) following a strongly worded press statement by the APC\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, regarding a reported shooting incident in Edo State.<\/p>\n<p>Responding on Thursday, ADC spokesperson Bolaji Abdullahi criticised the tone and language used in the APC statement, describing it as unbecoming of a ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi considered the APC statement insulting, listing such phrases, including \u201cinsufferable jesters,\u201d \u201cutterly delusional,\u201d \u201creckless,\u201d \u201cflippant,\u201d \u201cconfused bunch,\u201d and \u201cpolitical wanderers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi said he found the language disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, this is the kind of language I spent two years advising APC spokespersons to avoid. It is unbefitting of a ruling party \u2014 indeed, of any public communication in a democratic society,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The ADC spokesperson argued that Nigerians could distinguish between measured political communication and what he termed \u201cpolitical overreaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a party in government resorts so quickly to insults in response to a straightforward call for accountability, reasonable citizens are entitled to ask what exactly is provoking such visible irritation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi maintained that the ADC\u2019s position on the Edo incident remained consistent, stressing that the party was not interested in \u201cname-calling or narrative smokescreens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur position remains simple and consistent: violence in our political space must be investigated transparently, professionally, and without premature absolution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that if the APC was confident in its claims, it should welcome scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the APC is as confident as it claims, it should welcome the same sunlight and due process it now so loudly invokes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a pointed remark, Abdullahi also suggested that the APC should \u201cstart by talking to their Edo State Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exchange follows a press statement by the APC in which it dismissed allegations linking it to the Edo incident and accused the ADC of attempting to smear the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>As political tensions rise ahead of upcoming electoral contests, the latest verbal clash underscores the increasingly sharp rhetoric between the two parties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A fresh war of words has erupted between the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) following a strongly worded press statement by the APC\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, regarding a reported shooting incident in Edo State. Responding on Thursday, ADC spokesperson Bolaji Abdullahi criticised the tone and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":196305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-196306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ADC APC Spokespersons Exchange Barbs Over Edo Shooting - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A fresh war of words has erupted between the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) f ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ADC APC Spokespersons Exchange Barbs Over Edo Shooting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A fresh war of words has erupted between the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T21:38:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T22:43:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772145784.1691.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ADC APC Spokespersons Exchange Barbs Over Edo Shooting\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T21:38:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T22:43:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting\"},\"wordCount\":359,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772145784.1691.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-apc-spokespersons-exchange-barbs-over-edo-shooting\",\"name\":\"ADC APC Spokespersons Exchange Barbs Over Edo Shooting - 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