By Gideon Njoku
Nigeria’s Ambassador-designate to Germany, Femi Fani-Kayode, has dismissed members of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, especially those who were at the Party’s recent convention in Abuja as “vagabonds, hungry, haggard, riggers, expired old men, unkempt, wanderers.”
He, also dismissed, and translated the acronym, ADC, to mean “Association of Destructive Clowns.”
Fani-Kayode, a former Minister for Aviation who, either was in the same political party with some of those in the ADC now, or was in the Federal Cabinet with them, said all that while interrogating and mocking the National Convention which the ADC was forced to hold at an inconvenient venue because it was, allegedly, denied the use of more convenient venues by both public and private concerns.
In a post on his Facebook page Saturday, April 18, 2026, Fani-Kayode said:
“I watched a faction of the ADC conducting what they described as their party Convention a few days ago & it was pitiful. I saw an overcrowded hall filled with hot, sweaty, men & women, most of them looking worne, tired & undernourished.
“They wore orange caps & were using pamphlets & brochures to fan themselves because the building had no functional air-conditioning system.
“They sweated profusely, argued loudly amongst themselves, broke into fisticuffs & at a point in the proceedings one of their more elderly leaders got on the stage, took the microphone and screamed “APC” at the top of his voice after which, he suddenly remembered that he had left APC years earlier & that he was actually in an ADC Convention!
“Nevertheless, his shame & embarrassment was total & in an attempt to redeem himself & melt the ice, he told the astounded & shocked gathering that he was sorry for blurting out the ruling parties initials instead of theirs & that he needed to “take a purgative”.
“After him another strange-looking elderly man came on the stage who looked badly ravaged by the rigours of life, who was terribly unkempt & who appeared to be in dire need of medical attention.
“Another curious dimension to the whole thing was watching a fully grown bearded man on the stage with a huge pot belly (which made him look pregnant) wearing what looked like a woman’s beige skirt on top of a pair of beautiful beige trousers whilst sporting a pair of dark sunglasses to cover his eyes. Some called it a “bold fashion statement” whilst others said it was an expression of his non-binary status & gender fluidity.
“Whichever way, to wear a man’s trousers & a woman’s skirt all at the same time at a factional party, Convention, or anywhere else, is a novelty & something few of us have witnessed in a political gathering. I guess times have changed.
“Forgive me for saying so but this was indeed a strange gathering of confused, reckless, desperate, cantankerous, quarrelsome & in some cases senile actors from the past who have long lost their glamour, gravitas & steam & who have no sense of purpose, unity or direction.
“Is it any wonder that they call them an ‘Association of Destructive Clowns’. If that is the best they can do then President Tinubu has already won the 2027 election. By 12.00 noon it will be over.
“What we witnessed was more of a gathering of hungry, ragged & desperate jackals & long-rejected souls that are craving for a return to power rather than the Convention of a legitimate & serious political party.
“Mr. President rightly described theirs as a “street Convention”. What he failed to add was that it was a street Convention of vagabonds, riggers & wanderers.”
For the records, a number of those present at the Convention described with those choice words by Fani-Kayode included a former Vice President of Nigeria, a two-term Senate President of the Federal Republic, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, former National Assembly Members, former Governors and former Ministers, former House of Assembly Members, Elder Statesmen/women and very prominent Nigerians.
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