Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has criticised the African Democratic Congress (ADC), through its spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi.
He questioned the party’s ideological direction in a social media post on Wednesday.
In the post, Bwala criticised the ADC through its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, citing two recent public engagements in which Abdullahi was asked to explain the party’s ideology.
According to Bwala, during the first exchange, Abdullahi said that the party leadership was “still thinking about it.”
In another appearance, which Bwala said took place “today,” he claimed the ADC spokesperson appeared confused, evasive and confrontational when pressed again on the same issue.
Bwala linked the controversy to Abdullahi’s recent book, ‘The Loyalist’, stating that its public presentation attracted notable opposition figures, including Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
He argued that readers might find it difficult to identify direction in the book if its author, who also serves as the party’s official spokesperson, is unable to clearly articulate the ADC’s ideological foundation.
“If the spokesperson doesn’t know the ideology of the party,” Bwala wrote, “then it points to one of two things: either the incompetence of the spokesperson or the visionlessness of the party.”
