The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged a coordinated plot to undermine and destabilise Nigeria’s growing opposition coalition.

In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, the party’s interim National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, claimed that some former ADC state chairmen and key officials from the North-East and North-West had been invited to a secret meeting with senior government officials.

“We have credible intelligence that the aim of this meeting is not about national security or peacebuilding,” Abdullahi said. “It is an orchestrated attempt to co-opt these individuals into a fabricated plan to sabotage the opposition coalition.”

He described the move as “outright sabotage”, intended to sow confusion, delegitimise the party’s new leadership, and derail its momentum as a leading opposition force.

Abdullahi, who also serves as the spokesperson for the coalition, said the campaign forms part of a broader effort to entrench one-party dominance in the country.

According to him, the coalition’s formal declaration on 1 July and the ADC’s unveiling on 2 July had unsettled the ruling party.

“The coalition is an idea whose time has come. It belongs to Nigerians who are tired of lies, hardship, and broken promises,” he said. “It represents those who want to restore decency, vision, and justice in governance.”

He pledged that the ADC would resist any attempt to impose a one-party state, using all lawful and democratic means.

Abdullahi also called on President Bola Tinubu to take note of the actions of some of his appointees and to rein them in, urging the President to demonstrate his commitment to democratic values and political pluralism.