Investigative journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, has delivered a critique of Nigeria’s political landscape, warning that the emerging political coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is nothing more than a recycled version of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Taking to his Facebook page on Tuesday morning, Soyombo dismissed the idea that salvation for Nigeria lies with the “Internally Displaced Politicians (IDPs)” forming the core of the new political realignment.
He described the ADC as a “vendetta actualisation vehicle,” set up by aggrieved former power players seeking a return to political relevance, not genuine reform.
“Let’s get it clear: the salvation of Nigeria does not lie in the hands of the Internally Displaced Politicians (IDPs) who have come together to create the vendetta actualisation vehicle that is ADC,” he wrote.
Soyombo expressed deep concern over the possibility of Nigerians being forced to choose between what he termed “ADC and the All Pilferers Congress (APC)” in the 2027 general elections, stressing that such a scenario offers no real alternative for the masses.
“If the two options before the electorate in 2027 end up being ADC and the All Pilferers Congress (APC), then there can only be one winner, and that will never be the people,” he said.
He likened the situation to a replay of the 2015 elections, where the perceived change turned out to be a recycling of the same elite interests. “A contest between the old APC and the new APC will result in one winning APC, tantamount to a reenactment of 2015, which hugely questions, even rubbishes, our studentship of history,” Soyombo added.
The award-winning journalist did not stop at criticizing the facade of change within the ADC. He argued that as long as the party remains populated by career politicians of the past, it cannot offer meaningful progress.
“ADC has nothing to offer other than rotational motion: five steps forward and at least another five behind, at best,” he noted. “As long as it is peopled by the old guard, any coalition conceived, conceptualised and compressed into the ADC will be APC pro max should it get into power.”
In his conclusion, Soyombo declared: “The people – not politicians – will save Nigeria when they’re ready.”
