Prominent APC chieftain and former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has raised an alarm over what he describes as a growing gulf between the harsh realities facing Nigerians and the filtered reports reaching President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Garba warned that sycophants in the corridors of power are shielding the President from the truth, creating a dangerous illusion of normalcy.
“There is a lot of sycophancy around the president,” Garba said. “People are telling him that things are okay – things are not okay.”
His comments come amid mounting political tension within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), following the controversial resignation of former party chairman Abdullahi Ganduje and the formation of a new opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Garba described the emerging coalition as a serious threat to the APC, warning that it is being positioned to capitalise on the party’s internal fractures.
“They [ADC coalition] hope for our loss, and that is why we need to be serious,” Garba cautioned.
“That is the more reason why we need a leadership that listens to criticisms and accepts facts without flattery or denial,” he added.
Reflecting on the party’s diminishing grip in the North, the outspoken APC stalwart pointed to a sharp decline in voter support since the exit—and eventual death in July 2025—of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
“In 2023, the APC managed only 5.5 million votes in the north. Where were the 12 million votes?” he queried.
“Yet we won the election based on structures and strategy. But now, without Buhari, we must re-engineer those strategies to remain relevant.”
