The Senate spokesperson and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has stated the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is unperturbed by the coalition of opposition events adopting the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as their platform for the 2027 common elections.
Talking with journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Adaramodu dismissed solutions that the APC had been thrown into panic following the latest announcement by the Nationwide Coalition of Political Opposition Motion to rally behind the ADC.
“How do you measure panic mode? What panic mode? That’s purely speculative. Why ought to we be bothered?” he requested.
He additional described the coalition as a gathering of acquainted political figures merely migrating to a brand new platform.
“Most people in that coalition are the identical gamers we’ve seen through the years, solely altering jerseys. It’s politics as common,” he stated.
Adaramodu maintained that the APC stays targeted on governance and delivering on its guarantees, somewhat than being distracted by what he termed “political rebranding by recycled actors.”
“It’s the similar gamers, whether or not within the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour or the All Progressive Grand Alliance, that each one got here collectively beneath ADC. We all know them effectively and we all know their strengths and weaknesses,” he stated.
The senator likened the scenario to soccer gamers transferring golf equipment and but remaining the identical acquainted opponents.
“That is like when gamers transfer from Chelsea to Manchester United, after which Manchester Metropolis performs in opposition to them. You understand the gamers as a result of you will have been enjoying with them earlier than,” he stated.
He questioned the presence of any new political figures able to considerably difficult the APC’s dominance.
“Who’s the brand new participant from the switch market who could make the sector robust sufficient to cease APC from scoring one other electoral victory in 2027?” Adaramodu queried.
He additionally downplayed the coalition’s strikes as considerably comical.
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He stated, “Who’s new? Who’s there and is newly launched? Who’re the brand new gamers that have been purchased from the switch market that may make the sector very stuffy and really tough for the APC to attain one other electoral aim in 2027?
“Look, actually, the factor is that, there’s no means we may be so busy like this and there’s not going to be a time that now we have to entertain ourselves comically like now. We should snicker.
“We should chill out. Our properties should not be strictly too busy to be secreting a number of sweat. That’s not good for our well being. Not good for the well being of our democracy. Some individuals should come up, however their actions are comical.
“So if there’s someone who has been governor for eight years, minister for eight years, speaker for thus a few years, and says that he’s hungry…so you may see that such motion is comical,” Adaramodu stated.
On the query of his personal political future and the opportunity of re-contesting the Ekiti South Senatorial seat in 2027, Adaramodu stated it’s all about divine windfall and his constituents’ judgment.
“I all the time inform my those who if a politician doesn’t ship, he shouldn’t be allowed to proceed in workplace. If I’ve accomplished effectively, my constituents will vote for me time and again. However finally, God is the largest consider every little thing,” he stated.
Reflecting on his sudden rise to the Senate, Adaramodu stated, “Initially, I by no means imagined I may turn into a senator, however right here I’m. It’s the ‘God issue’ and that may proceed to information me in no matter place I maintain subsequent.”
