The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has described President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 campaign council as a ‘rehabilitation centre’ for persons facing unresolved corruption allegations.

The opposition party said the appointments raise a simple question: what happened to the corruption cases involving some of those being brought back into the political fold?

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC some inclusions, some persons had faced EFCC prosecution over alleged financial malpractices.

“If they have been cleared, the government should show how and when and by whom they were cleared,” Abdullahi said.

The ADC alleged that corruption investigations under the Tinubu administration increasingly disappear from public view, only for some of those involved to resurface in political or official positions.

“Under this government, corruption allegations increasingly appear to have an expiry date,” the party said.

‘2027 is a referendum’

It also said the 2027 election would be a referendum on Tinubu’s three-year record, accusing the administration of worsening poverty and the cost-of-living crisis while politically connected Nigerians enjoy what it described as ‘obscene opulence’.

“They cannot campaign away the cost of living crisis or the endemic poverty that their bad policies have created,” the ADC said.

The party renewed its call for a targeted, capped, budgeted and independently audited subsidy on fuel production to reduce pump prices and ease the pressure on households.

“Our proposal is straightforward: every naira must be traceable and every barrel accounted for,” the ADC said.

It challenged Tinubu to account for what it described as waste and wrong-headed policies under his administration. (Vanguard)

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