Osita Okechukwu hits ADC as Nigeria seeks permanent UN Security Council seat

As Nigeria marks her 65th Independence Anniversary, foundation member of All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has sharply criticized the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over its recent statement opposing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s push for a permanent seat for Nigeria on the United Nations Security Council.

Addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Okechukwu described ADC’s stance as “unpatriotic, incongruous, and the height of ignorance,” adding that it was misguided and disingenuous to equate Nigeria’s noble quest for global leadership with the nation’s current security challenges.

Okechukwu submitted that he endorsed 100% Vice President Kashim Shettima’s historic UN speech where he stated that,

‘Our case for a permanent seat at the Security Council is a demand for fairness, for African representation, and for reform that restores credibility to the very institution upon which the hope of multilateralism rests.’

“This is a bold, visionary call for Nigeria to assume its rightful place on the global stage, to represent Africa. For Nigerians fought WWII on the side of the allied forces who after victory became permanent members of UN Security Council.”

Okechukwu said.

He lamented that ADC has turned itself into a serial pushback of national unity and progress, describing its pattern of political missteps as “one week, one unforced error.”

In driving home his point, Okechukwu cited serial unforced errors by ADC in recent weeks:

1. Demolition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A party most of ADC leadership benefited immensely from.

2.Total Breach of Zoning and Power Rotation Convention:

“In 2023 presidential election, they erroneously breached Zoning,an unforced error hoping to harvest northern voters they quarantined in a dormitory. They paid dearly with voters punishment.

Penultimate week again, ADC recklessly dismissed the time-tested convention of rotation of the presidency – a glue that binds our fragile 4th Republic democracy.Even when their mother party, PDP recanted.”

3. False Claim of Tinubu’s Life Presidency Agenda:“Last week, they hallucinated by alleging that Mr. President was plotting for a life presidency, as if Nigeria operates in a banana republic without a constitution or institutions to check such excesses.”

4.Incongruous Dismissal of Nigeria’s UN Bid:“Yesterday, they incongruously derided Nigeria’s push for a permanent UN Security Council seat, speaking as though the seat is President Tinubu’s personal property, instead of a lifetime strategic gain for Nigeria and Africa.”

It could be recalled that the ADC National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, had issued a vile statement saying:

“The African Democratic Congress (ADC) finds it absurd that the Tinubu administration could be requesting a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council even as bandits slaughter Nigerians at home and take control of some of the nation’s territories.

We wonder how a government that cannot ensure peace or security at home could demand a seat at the table where global security is negotiated and expect to be taken seriously.”

In response, Okechukwu stressed that asymmetrical security challenges should not be used to undermine Nigeria’s hard earned international seat, noting that every great nation balances political party’s ambition with patriotic goals.

“Methinks that this UN Security Council seat is not for Bola Tinubu’s Emilokan, but a strategic asset for Nigeria and Africa. Albeit step towards resorgimento, where our voice is heard and we participate in shaping global peace and security.

For ADC to ridicule such a quest is not only short-sighted unforced error, but purely unpatriotic to our collective national interest.”*

Okechukwu concluded by appealing to ADC leadership that instead of divisive tendencies and unforced errors; to as a matter of urgent national importance apologise to our sister political party - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), they demolished.

“Sincerely, we in APC in the interest of viable democracy in our dear fatherland want ADC to unite with PDP and form a formidable opposition party, before they start hauling blame games.”Okechukwu submitted

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