ADC mocks APC over ‘rented crowds, empty seats’ at Kaduna rally.
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, has mocked the All Progressives Congress, APC, over what it described as a disappointing Northwest zonal flag-off rally in Kaduna, alleging that rented crowds and empty seats exposed the ruling party’s declining public acceptance.
The council said the rally, which was intended to showcase the APC’s political strength across the Northwest, fell short of expectations despite alleged mobilisation of attendees from the seven states in the zone and beyond.
In a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, the ADC-PCC alleged that attendees were reportedly paid between ₦50,000 and ₦100,000 each, yet the Kaduna Township Stadium, which it put at a capacity of 5,000, remained sparsely occupied.
“For a rally billed as the Northwest zonal flag-off, what we witnessed was a shameful spectacle. Despite the alleged mobilisation of crowds from across the zone and beyond, the stadium remained scantily filled, with empty seats everywhere,” Ologbondiyan said. He also faulted the reception given to speeches by APC leaders, describing it as unenthusiastic and at odds with the ruling party’s attempt to project political strength in the region. The ADC-PCC further questioned President Bola Tinubu’s performance claims, criticising his reported commissioning of road projects at the rally.
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