A prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has sounded the alarm over what he describes as a widening disconnect between the realities faced by Nigerians and the filtered reports reaching President Bola Tinubu. Speaking during an interview on Tuesday, Garba accused sycophants within the corridors of power of misleading the president by presenting a false image of national and party stability. “There is a lot of sycophancy around the president,” he said. “People are telling him that things are okay—things are not okay.”
Garba’s comments come amid mounting political tension and the recent resignation of Abdullahi Ganduje, the former APC National Chairman. He warned that these developments, along with the emergence of a new opposition coalition led by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), pose a direct threat to the APC’s dominance. He likened the alliance to “vultures ready to feed on the weakness of the APC.”
"The ADC coalition is waiting for us to falter; that’s why we need leadership that is open to criticism and grounded in reality, not flattery or denial.”
Addressing the state of the APC in northern Nigeria, Garba pointed out that internal divisions have deepened since former President Muhammadu Buhari left office in 2023, and even more so following his death in early July 2025.
He highlighted a sharp decline in the party’s northern voter base, noting that the 12 million bloc votes traditionally secured by Buhari had significantly dwindled even before his passing. “In 2023, the APC managed just 5.5 million votes in the north,” he said. “Where were the 12 million votes? We only won because of structure and strategy. Without Buhari, we must urgently rethink and rebuild those strategies to stay relevant.”
