{"id":198934,"date":"2026-04-16T23:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-mocks-adc-condemning-court-order-disobedience"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:19:59","slug":"tinubu-mocks-adc-condemning-court-order-disobedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-adc-condemning-court-order-disobedience","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Mocks ADC Condemning Court Order Disobedience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu on Thursday mocked the African Democratic Congress, ADC, dismissing its recent national convention as \u201cnoise making\u201d and \u201crascality\u201d while reaffirming his readiness for the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu also described the ADC event as a \u201cstreet convention\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The President spoke while addressing the 36 state coordinators of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, RHA, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>In his address, Tinubu emphasized his commitment to democracy and national unity, insisting that Nigeria\u2019s progress must be based on a strong judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am inspired. I\u2019m ready. I am grateful to all of you. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to break the shackles of poverty and ignorance, to ensure democracy survives not the noise-making, not the rascality of a street convention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot submit to disobedience of unlawful orders. If that is the goal, we must embrace the judiciary whether it favours us or doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must submit to this principle of democracy, separation of powers, and understanding of the dynamics of it and the nationhood that Nigeria is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must build one country. There is no other way. The path to national greatness is one common vision one nation for the progress and prosperity of our people. That is what you must do,\u201d Tinubu said.<\/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. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday mocked the African Democratic Congress, ADC, dismissing its recent national convention as \u201cnoise making\u201d and \u201crascality\u201d while reaffirming his readiness for the 2027 general elections. Tinubu also described the ADC event as a \u201cstreet convention\u201d. 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