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2027: ADC to contest governorship elections, laments insecurity in Borno
2027: ADC to contest governorship elections, laments insecurity in Borno
By Tada Jutha, Maiduguri
The opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) has already prepared to contest the governorship elections in 2027 to overcome the lingering insecurity to lives and property in Borno State.
According to the party, incessant failures in governance have also led to the resurgence of Boko Haram terrorism at the state and national levels.
The vows of taking over Borno State were made on Sunday in Maiduguri by the ADC State Chairman, Honourable Kolo Bukar, shortly after inaugurating the party’s executive members.
Besides the failures in governance, Bukar added: ‘The security challenges and resurgence of attacks in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, and other parts of the country are caused by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s incompetence in governance at both the state and national levels.’
He noted that despite the numerous challenges the ADC is facing, which are not hidden but known to everyone, they will, however, be overcome with an emerging victory at the forthcoming 2027 general elections in the country.
The ADC State Chairman, who was a former member of the Borno State House of Assembly (BOHA), stated, “Despite the weakness of the opposition in the state before, the constitution of the ADC executive and his emergence as the Chairman of the party, we are going to change the political tide at the 2027 general polls.
Regarding the unseating of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Bukar said, ‘We know the political terrains and their constituents, including the topography and critical needs of the people in each of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
“Our party knows the people, and we know how to unseat the ruling APC in Borno State,” declared the Chairman at the state Congress in Maiduguri.
Bukar further revealed, “The political message we have for the people of Borno is that we are going to bring succour, good governance and several changes in the state.
“The ruling party is a complete failure. They have failed this country; they have failed Borno State.
“It has also brought insecurity, poverty, unemployment, and many challenges to the people since 2015.
“So we are trying to get to that point, and the moment ADC gets into power, we are going to ameliorate these challenges.”
He noted that the party was also shocked by the resurgence of attacks in parts of the state but saw it as a complete failure of governance at the centre and the subnational level.
Hon. Bukar pledged to the people of Borno and the country at large that the ADC is coming with what he described as a comprehensive policy to mitigate insecurity in the state and the country.
In his remarks, one of the leaders of the party, Alhaji Kashim Imam Ibrahim, said the priority of ADC is not just to take over power in Borno State and at the federal level but to wipe away the tears of poor masses in the state and the country, who have suffered from the brunt of the ruling APC’s bad governance since 2015.
“We want to take over governance in Borno and Nigeria. We want to establish a government that will tackle security challenges and address the needs of the poor. We northerners did not vote for Tinubu in 2023. He did not win the election,” said Ibrahim.
