{"id":232789,"date":"2025-07-20T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/adc-exploiting-buharis-death-for-relevance-not-us-presidency\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:42:00","slug":"adc-exploiting-buharis-death-for-relevance-not-us-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/adc-exploiting-buharis-death-for-relevance-not-us-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC Exploiting Buhari\u2019s Death For Relevance, Not Us \u2014 Presidency\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ADC Exploiting Buhari\u2019s Death For Relevance, Not Us \u2014 Presidency\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Presidency has lashed out at the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over its statement accusing President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration of exploiting the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari for political gains.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ADC had on Friday accused the Tinubu\u2019s administration of exploiting the death of Buhari to whitewash its image.<\/p>\n<p>But reacting to the allegation, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, described the opposition party\u2019s claims as \u201cshameless\u201d and \u201cobnoxious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He specifically accused the opposition party and its leading figures of \u201cdisrespecting Buhari and dancing on his grave for relevance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-939985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ADC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ADC.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ADC-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet it be said clearly: the ADC is the one exploiting Buhari\u2019s death for political attention, not this government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Atiku and El-Rufai\u2019s choreographed arrival in Daura \u2014 greeted with chants seeking to make political capital from the solemnity of the moment \u2014 to this disgraceful press statement, the ADC has shown itself to be utterly shameless.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_942992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-942992\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-942992\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/President-Bola-Tinubu-bidding-farewell-to-former-President-Muhammadu-Buhari.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/President-Bola-Tinubu-bidding-farewell-to-former-President-Muhammadu-Buhari-300x162.jpg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/President-Bola-Tinubu-bidding-farewell-to-former-President-Muhammadu-Buhari.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-942992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/President-Bola-Tinubu-bidding-farewell-to-former-President-Muhammadu-Buhari.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/President-Bola-Tinubu-bidding-farewell-to-former-President-Muhammadu-Buhari.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/President-Bola-Tinubu-bidding-farewell-to-former-President-Muhammadu-Buhari-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-942992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Bola <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>bidding farewell to former President Muhammadu Buhari at the former leader\u2019s funeral in Daura, Katsina State, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe burial of former President Buhari was conducted with the complete honour befitting a leader of his stature. That is why world leaders showed up, millions of Nigerians tuned in on television and across social media, and even ADC promoters were falling over themselves in Daura, prancing about the Buhari family compound like eager real estate agents scouting new territory,\u201d Dare said.<\/p>\n<p>Dare then called on Nigerians to ignore the \u201cpolitical noise from an outfit gasping for attention\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See the full statement below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RE: BUHARI\u2019S BURIAL \u2014 A RESPONSE TO ADC\u2019S OBNOXIOUS STATEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest outburst from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) regarding former President Buhari\u2019s state burial is nothing but an opportunistic exercise in manufactured outrage \u2014 a laughable tantrum by a poorly amalgamated political contraption desperately clutching at straws for relevance it will never attain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not the first time the ADC \u2014 in its pitiful, stuttering attempts at reinvention \u2014 has embarrassed itself with hollow, attention-seeking criticisms and press releases. A party still grappling with an identity crisis presumes lecturing the President of the Federal Republic on governance, decorum, and public accountability. How utterly ridiculous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its emergence, the ADC has resorted to issuing disjointed press statements on every passing event to remind Nigerians it now exists. In its desperation to look like an opposition party, it has now crossed every known line of decency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their latest press release, alleging that President Tinubu\u2019s government is \u201cexploiting\u201d the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari for political gain, is not only dishonest \u2014 it is an insult to millions of Nigerians who genuinely mourn the loss of a statesman, and who watched the State Burial accorded Buhari with solemn respect and dignity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let it be said clearly: t<\/span>he ADC is the one exploiting Buhari\u2019s death for political attention,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not this government. They have chosen to dance on his grave for relevance. From Atiku and El Rufai\u2019s choreographed arrival in Daura \u2014 greeted with chants seeking to make political capital from the solemnity of the moment \u2014 to this disgraceful press statement, the ADC has shown itself to be utterly shameless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For clarity, President Tinubu\u2019s administration is neither desperate nor searching for cheap popularity. This government would rather allow its growing list of achievements to speak louder than the noisy irrelevance of groups like the ADC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The burial of former President Buhari was conducted with the complete honour befitting a leader of his stature. That is why world leaders showed up, millions of Nigerians tuned in on television and across social media, and even ADC promoters were falling over themselves in Daura, prancing about the Buhari family compound like eager real estate agents scouting new territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What has this administration done while the ADC howls?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Naira stabilised, exchange rates harmonised.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oil production up to 1.7MBPD.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> FAAC allocations increased by over 60%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 31 states, once crippled by debt, are now paying salaries, pensions, and contractors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Naira decoupled from oil market volatility, regaining resilience.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Electricity restored to long-neglected communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Infrastructure delivered: Ogbia-Nembe Road, Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Sokoto-Badagry Road, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> NELFUND: About 400,000 students benefit from the historic loan scheme.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Regional Commissions were established to drive balanced development nationwide.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Consumer Credit Scheme launched \u2014 a first, laying the foundation for a credit-based economy and attacking corruption at its root.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are not press statements. These are results. Tangible, measurable, and ongoing. That is leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does the ADC offer Nigerians beyond sanctimonious whining? Absolutely nothing. If the ADC spent merely half the time it uses on press releases to handle issues from its disenchanted members, the party wouldn\u2019t grapple with many legal problems. This party is consumed by internal squabbles, facing multiple court cases over its very existence, and reduced to issuing these baseless attacks to cling to the fringes of relevance. Are these strange bedfellows, ones to be taken seriously?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let it be said without equivocation: Nigerians are not fooled. No press statement \u2014 however venomous \u2014 can erase the facts of progress. President <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>honoured Buhari with dignity in death and continues to honour his legacy through hard work, not hollow words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governance continues, Nigeria is stable, and President <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>remains focused on delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda, not on dignifying the desperate antics of political scavengers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nigerians should ignore this political noise from an outfit gasping for attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday Dare<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Adviser to the President o<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Media &amp; Public Communications)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July 19, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>ADC,Muhammadu Buhari,President Bola Tinubu<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2025\/07\/20\/adc-is-exploiting-buharis-death-for-relevance-not-us-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADC Exploiting Buhari\u2019s Death For Relevance, Not Us \u2014 Presidency\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Presidency has lashed out at the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over its statement accusing President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration of exploiting the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari for political gains. The ADC had on Friday accused the Tinubu\u2019s administration of exploiting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[231,262,809],"class_list":["post-232789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-adc","tag-muhammadu-buhari","tag-president-bola-tinubu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}