Adamu Garba, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned that sycophants around President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are misleading him about the true state of the country and the ruling party.
Garba made this statement on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He noted that the recent resignation of Abdullahi Ganduje as APC national chairman has exposed the party to attacks from opposition forces, particularly a coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which he described as “vultures” seeking to exploit the party’s internal cracks.
“There are a lot of sycophants around the president, people telling him that things are okay — but things are not okay,” Garba said, stressing the need for sincere and capable leadership within the APC.
He also lamented that the party’s popularity in the north has declined since the exit of former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. According to him, the APC secured only 5.5 million votes in the region during the 2023 elections, compared to Buhari’s historic 12 million votes.
Garba urged the party to “re-engineer its strategies” to remain politically relevant in Buhari’s absence.
