The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council has called on Nigerians to reject former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and all candidates of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2027 general elections over alleged non-payment of staff salaries.
In a press statement issued on Sunday, October 26, 2026, by its Spokesperson, Dele Alake, the APC Presidential Campaign Council alleged that the National Working Committee of the ADC, led by Senator David Mark as Chairman and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as Secretary, has refused and neglected to pay party staff for over a year.
The Council described the development as unconscionable, wicked and reprehensible.
“It has come to our attention that the National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress, led by Senator David Mark as Chairman and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as Secretary, has refused and neglected to pay party staff for over a year,” the statement read.
“We find it unconscionable that a political party that has made many grandiose promises to hoodwink Nigerians owes its workers for more than 12 months. Owing staff who come to work every day and who rely on the salaries for their daily sustenance is wicked and reprehensible,” Alake said.
According to the APC Campaign Council, the alleged non-payment shows the emptiness and insincerity of those parading themselves as ‘new saviours’.
The Council argued that a party that coule not pay its cleaners and workforce could not be entrusted with the country’s affairs.
The statement further linked the allegation to Atiku Abubakar, who it named as the ADC’s leader and presidential candidate.
“Atiku Abubakar, the ADC’s leader and Presidential candidate, has a reputation for owing his employees. While he regularly junkets to the UAE, staff at his Gotel Communication and other businesses also went months without pay and staged protests over unpaid salaries and other benefits,” the Council alleged.
The APC also cited the record of the ADC General Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, during his eight-year tenure as governor of Osun State, which it described as abysmal.
“As governor, he mismanaged the state’s finances to the point that he could not pay workers. His government thus introduced quarter-salary and, at times, half-salary payments. As for pensioners, he abandoned them for more than four years,” the statement said.
The APC Campaign Council said it was therefore not surprised that the ADC cannot pay its workers.
“We are sounding a warning to Nigerians and working people now: reject ADC. Reject Atiku Abubakar and reject all ADC candidates in the next general elections. They do not have the interest of our country and our people at heart. A party that aspires to govern Nigeria and which cannot be trusted with something as basic as the management of its own affairs and the welfare of its workforce should be rejected by Nigerians,” the statement added.
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