THE ADAMAWA APC: THE FABRICATIONS RESORT
By Toungo, Babayola M
My heart goes out to the many All Progressive Party (APC) supporters in Adamawa state who have had to bear a leadership that is at best unsure of its next steps after losing power in 2019 – and with a sitting governor at the time. It appears that the party leadership is still recovering from the electoral battering they took in the 2019 elections, which is clouding their judgement and giving them a false sense of worth.
After going through an election in which they were willing to do anything, even treason, to win the governor seat and coming up empty-handed, the APC leadership has resorted to making up bedtime stories in order to keep their apathetic supporters prisoner.
I recently came across a video of one of the party’s “shadow cabinet members” making wild and unsubstantiated allegations about a phantom group of Islamic clerics hired by the state government to go to the president and tell him that Adamawa people do not want a female governor and that he should therefore suborn the courts to affirm the declaration of his excellency, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri as the elected governor of Adamawa state.
As if that wasn’t enough, the APC had a mullah (?) film a video in which he rehashed all of the outlandish charges made by our “shadow cabinet member” earlier.
Is it possible for Tinubu to intervene in someone else’s case while battling for his lofty post in court?
I don’t usually give in to my first instincts of reacting to such childish outbursts, but seeing the two videos reminds me of Fox Network and Donald Trump. They inspire Trump followers to invade the United States Capitol Hill (the equivalent of our National Assembly) by promoting such conspiracy theories. Their plan was to declare Trump the winner of the elections in November 2019. This occurred in January 2020.
The APC is unconcerned about how the public will react to such false information because they did worse during the elections and got away with it. They conveniently forgot that the president had the first female deputy governor. Both videos were devoid of facts but dense with innuendos, and their sole purpose was to inform APC leaders that “we are still around wo.” With federal appointments coming to an end, I believe that some people are attempting to position themselves in order to be noticed.
Because the main course is almost over, the morsels and bones will suffice. You can sell yourself without insulting the system from which you seek protection; you may also get noticed if you have something to offer without ruffling feathers.
If you lie to me when you are not in office, how can I trust you with my fate if I elect you to any post of public trust?
The implication of what the two APC tendencies attempted to achieve – APC secular and APC spiritual – is to call the neutrality of the judiciary into question, the same judiciary that the party sought help from.
The same judiciary that the party petitioned to protect Ari Hudu, the compromised Adamawa state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) – the ‘coup announcer’ when the APC attempted an electoral heist; the same judiciary that the APC petitioned for redress is now a toy in the hands of the president to do his bidding. The party is not afraid to bring the judiciary into its circle of disgrace. It is a terrible statement on the party’s hunger for power, as exemplified by its gubernatorial candidate and her coterie of advisers.
These are folks who aren’t afraid to “wujja” a people’s mandate by screaming wolf when there isn’t one.
I don’t blame them for trying to sell phantom stories in order to keep their supporters, but it’s a sad, weak, and terrible tactic.
A party leadership that can work with a compromised public official and do what they did in the second round of the gubernatorial race to make the catchphrase “wujja wujja” a reality can outperform its recent performance. I can assure them of one thing: their ability for mischief should not be underestimated.
Their love of drama and their phoney concern for the people is exposed on a daily basis by their careless behaviour. They are currently outdoing Trumpists. Their operational style is modelled after Trump supporters in the United States. Because the Trumpists are on trial in the United States, it is only right that all those involved in the Hudu saga be tried and, if found guilty, punished in accordance with the applicable laws. Our society suffers from a lack of retribution. Actions must have repercussions