According to Odunuga, “Senator Akume is not jostling with anyone for the post of either the APC National Chairman or any other post in the party”.

“All this fantasy of coalition — we are going to have a good two to three weeks of romanticising… but one of them, his name is Datti (Baba-Ahmed), has already sensed the danger ahead and said the problem of this coalition will be who becomes the president, ‘everybody wants to be president. After one month, when they sit down, I am telling you on my honour, in the next six months, that coalition will not even be a conversation. They will scatter.”

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a ‘coalition of Nigeria’s most inept politicians’, saying the party is drowning in confusion.

Concerned residents and stakeholders of Ibadan North have raised serious concerns over alleged attempts to impose a candidate in the upcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries, calling for a transparent and democratic process that reflects the will of the people.

“The July 1 coalition declaration and the July 2 unveiling of the ADC have rattled the ruling party. It is now obvious that the Tinubu administration, having lost the trust of the Nigerian people, cannot withstand the pressure of a united and credible opposition. But rather than correct its ways, it has resorted to its old playbook of destabilising opposition parties.”