Tell me one person among David Mark, Amaechi, El-Rufai and Obi that still controls his state–Ajiboye

The Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Biodun Ajiboye, has delivered a scathing assessment of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its prominent members, questioning their political relevance and electoral value.

Speaking during a candid interview on Arise TV, Ajiboye argued that ADC members have lost their local political influence, undermining their national significance.

“The political value, electoral value of every member of ADC is discounted, terribly discounted, because personally each and every one of them has lost their immediate environment, and politics is local,” Ajiboye stated.

The NICO executive challenged the continued influence of several high-profile political figures associated with the party. “Tell me one person among them that still controls his state. Is it David Mark? Is it Rotimi Amaechi? Is it El-Rufai himself? Is it Rauf Aregbesola?” he questioned.

Ajiboye made a notable exception for one political figure, stating: “Maybe Peter Obi because of his newly found social media activism and the young people gravitating towards him.”

The executive secretary emphasized the collective weakness of these political figures, saying: “So if all of these people put together do not have one local government they control, are those the kind of people the presidency will now be offering ministerial appointments to?”

Ajiboye also criticized the ADC’s electoral performance, describing the party as insignificant. “Or a man who holds a party that was nothing—ADC was nothing. Check the election results,” he said.

He expressed skepticism about potential political negotiations involving the party, asking: “So the presidency will now run after you and say ‘we give you ministerial appointment in 2027 if you disallow them to use your platform’? If they don’t use his platform, can they use another platform?”

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Concluding his assessment, Ajiboye dismissed such political maneuvering as unrealistic. “Those are very empty statements that I don’t even like to consider because I can’t understand the logic,” he stated.

The comments reflect ongoing debates about political relevance and influence in Nigeria’s evolving democratic landscape.