The presidential candidate of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 poll, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu, has faulted the notion that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) is sponsoring him to undermine the take over of the ADC by a coalition of opposition politicians led by the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

Kachikwu, in an interactive session with reporters in Abuja on Wednesday, remarked that there is no living politician in Nigeria with the wherewithal to compromise his position against the takeover of the party by the former Senate President, Senator David Mark.

He vowed to resist the takeover of the party, which he claimed was aimed at throwing up Atiku to vie for the presidency in the 2027 poll.

He cautioned Nigerians not to be misled into believing that the newly formed coalition of politicians in the ADC was out to ensure the well-being of Nigerians.

He said, “This is something I want all Nigerians to know. For the last two decades, all we hear from these old fogies, these geratrics is anytime someone opposes the agenda they say you are being sponsored. Still, I want to tell you, Nigerians, what’s happening. These people are being sponsored against you, Nigerians.

“They are all the same, they are an old boys club, they are all friends, they all meet at night to plan against you. If Tinubu is President or Atiku is President, there’s no difference. They are all friends. If Obi is President, there’s no difference; they are all friends, you are the outsiders.

“You average Nigerians are the outsiders, you are not their friends, you don’t go for their birthday parties, you don’t go for their weddings, you don’t go for their dinners, but they all attend each other’s parties and each other’s weddings because they are all members of the same club.

“You Nigerians are the outsiders; they are the ones sponsoring them against you, so that you don’t wake up one day and say, no, we’re tired of these people. We need to do something about these people.”

Kachikwu slammed the interim National Chairman of the ADC, David Mark, by pointing out that he still craves political power despite holding numerous political positions in the past.

He further stated, “There’s not one of them that has what it takes to sponsor me. They can’t afford to buy my conscience when I speak on issues concerning Nigeria. It’s about what pertains to the common man.”

Kachikwu swore that he would not relent in aborting the takeover of the ADC by the coalition of opposition politicians through “the back door”.