Former Senate President Adolphus Wabara marked his 78th birthday not with cake, but with a blistering indictment of the ruling All Progressives Congress. In a message that cut deep, he called on Nigerians to unite and rescue the nation from what he described as the party’s catastrophic leadership.
Wabara didn’t hold back. He accused the APC of betraying every promise it made in 2015, when it stormed into power vowing transformative change. Instead, he said, the party has plunged the country into a vortex of hardship, poverty, unemployment, and insecurity.
The 2027 general election, Wabara warned, is not just another political contest. It is a fight for Nigeria’s survival. He urged the opposition to set aside their differences and form a united front to dislodge the APC from power. To the electorate, his message was blunt: do not mortgage your future by selling your votes. “Nigeria is too rich a country to be wallowing in abject poverty,” he said, laying the blame squarely at the feet of the APC’s leadership.
Wabara, who now chairs the Board of Trustees of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, painted a grim picture of a nation in decline. “Nigeria’s greatest problem is not a lack of resources or talented citizens. Our greatest problem is bad leadership,” he asserted. “A nation blessed with abundant wealth and extraordinary human capital should not be battling the level of poverty, hunger, unemployment, and insecurity we see today.”
He went on to describe the daily struggles of ordinary Nigerians: soaring costs of living, shrinking purchasing power, rising joblessness, and a pervasive sense of hopelessness. “Millions of Nigerians can no longer afford the basic necessities of life. Businesses are shutting down, investors are losing confidence, families are struggling to survive, while insecurity continues to spread across various parts of the country,” he said.
The former Senate President didn’t mince words on security either. “Every day, innocent Nigerians live in fear. Farmers are unable to access their farms, communities are under siege, and criminal elements appear emboldened. Security is the primary responsibility of government, and citizens deserve better protection,” he declared.
As Nigeria looks toward the next election cycle, Wabara’s message is clear: the time for complacency is over. The nation’s fate, he insists, hangs in the balance.
