Nigeria: ADC Campaign Condemns APC's 'Cruel Mockery' of Amaechi, Says Tinubu's Govt Has Failed Nigerians

What the report says

The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council has criticized comments by the All Progressives Congress spokesperson Felix Morka about former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi, calling the remarks insensitive and politically cruel. In a statement attributed to the council’s Director of Strategic Communications, Phrank Shaibu, the ADC said grief over a family death should not be used for partisan attacks.

According to the report published by This Day via AllAfrica, the ADC argued that if Amaechi had said he struggled to pay for his mother’s medicine, the more appropriate response would have been empathy rather than insult. The council also rejected Morka’s description of Amaechi as a “loafer,” saying such language reflects disrespect for ordinary Nigerians who are facing economic hardship.

The statement broadened into a wider criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, pointing to problems the party said Nigerians continue to face, including poor roads, inflation, unreliable electricity, insecurity and weak public welfare. The ADC said these conditions show a government that has not met public expectations and urged voters to see 2027 as a possible turning point. As background, this dispute fits into Nigeria’s ongoing partisan debate over living costs and infrastructure, though the article itself focuses on the political exchange rather than any formal policy response.