APC Campaign Council Accuses ADC Of Owing Staff Salaries, urges Nigerians to Reject Atiku

By Saheed Olatunji, Reporter

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has leveled allegations against the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for allegedly withholding employee salaries for over 12 months, urging the electorate to vote against the party and its candidates—including Atiku Abubakar—in the next general elections.

In a recent statement made available to Spynews, council spokesperson Dele Alake criticized the ADC National Working Committee, chaired by Senator David Mark with Rauf Aregbesola as secretary, for abandoning party workers who depend on their salaries to survive.

Alake labeled the alleged failure to pay wages as “wicked and reprehensible,” questioning how a party unable to meet its own internal obligations could be trusted to run the country.

“We find it unconscionable that a political party that has made many grandiose promises to hoodwink Nigerians owes its workers for more than 12 months,” he said.

“Owing staff who come to work every day and who rely on the salaries for their daily sustenance is wicked and reprehensible.”

The APC PCC spokesperson said the allegation exposed what he described as the insincerity of the ADC leadership, adding that Nigerians should reject the party at the polls.

“We have clearly stated that ADC leaders and their presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, do not mean well and can do nothing for our country,” Alake said.

He further alleged that Atiku had a history of failing to pay workers, claiming that employees of Gotel Communication and other businesses linked to the former vice-president had previously gone months without salaries and staged protests over unpaid wages and other benefits.

Alake also criticised Aregbesola’s record as governor of Osun State, alleging that his administration struggled to pay workers and pensioners during his eight-year tenure.

He said the state government had introduced quarter-salary and, at times, half-salary payments, while pensioners allegedly went unpaid for more than four years.

“We are therefore not surprised that ADC, harbouring birds of the same feather, cannot pay its workers’ salaries,” he said.

“We are sounding a warning to Nigerians and working people now: reject ADC. Reject Atiku Abubakar and reject all ADC candidates in the next general elections,” he said.

He argued that a party seeking to govern Nigeria should be able to demonstrate responsible management of its own affairs and the welfare of its workforce.