The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has faulted the All Progressives Congress (APC) over claims that it has millions of registered members across the country.
ADC described the figures being circulated by the ruling party as exaggerated and impossible to verify. The opposition party also accused the APC of attempting to influence public opinion ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking on Monday, ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the party would not engage in what he called deceptive political tactics.
He said, “We are very clear about this. We are building a political party that is based on certain principles, one of which is transparency. We cannot go around forming figures because we want to deceive Nigerians.”
Abdullahi argued that the APC’s claims were aimed at creating the impression that the party already commands a massive voting base before the next election cycle.
According to him, “What the APC is doing would have been amusing and laughable if we didn’t know it is to set the stage for the rigging of the 2027 general elections by claiming that they have 11 million votes.
“What they are doing is to put it in your head to think, ‘Oh, that is 11 million votes guaranteed.’ It’s all lies. They should produce a verifiable membership register submitted to INEC.”
The ADC spokesman challenged the ruling party to publicly present its membership register for scrutiny.
“We challenge them that if they indeed claim that they have 12 million members, they should produce the membership register and let Nigerians check if they actually have 12 million members. They don’t have 12 million members. It’s all lies,” he added.
The controversy emerged shortly after President Bola Tinubu secured the APC presidential ticket for the 2027 election during the party’s primary exercise.
Tinubu scored 10.99 million votes in the primaries conducted across 8,809 wards nationwide. His only challenger, Stanley Osifo, polled 16,504 votes.
