Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Campaign Council in Borno State have traded accusations over an alleged disruption of an All Progressives Congress (APC) political rally in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state.
While Ndume accused the ADC of allegedly hiring thugs from exterior Gwoza to disrupt the APC rally, the get together dismissed the allegation as unfounded and challenged the senator to provide proof linking it to the incident.
Ndume, who spoke shortly after the incident on Friday, November 6, 2026, alleged that the suspected thugs have been introduced into Gwoza from exterior the neighborhood to trigger bother through the APC political exercise.
He additionally questioned the existence of an ADC political construction in Gwoza, claiming that the get together had no identified workplace, marketing campaign posters or seen presence within the native authorities space.
According to him, “There is no ADC yet in Gwoza. Let them come out and show themselves as ADC officials and stakeholders in Gwoza.”
The senator maintained that Gwoza had remained politically energetic through the years with out partaking in politics of bitterness, warning residents towards permitting political variations to divide the neighborhood.
“I can, without any doubt, say that there is no ADC in Gwoza,” Ndume mentioned, insisting that there was no proof of a longtime ADC presence within the space.
He challenged residents and political observers to establish any ADC workplace or marketing campaign posters in Gwoza, arguing that the get together’s actions have been largely seen on social media relatively than by a longtime political construction inside the neighborhood.
“Have you seen any ADC office or poster pasted on anybody’s house in Gwoza? As we went around, there is no ADC in Gwoza,” he mentioned.
Ndume additionally urged residents to stay vigilant and reject any try by political actors to import violence into Gwoza, stressing the necessity to protect peace and unity locally.
However, reacting to the allegation, the ADC Director of Communications in Borno State, Bukar-Bukar Petrol, denied the get together’s involvement in any act of violence or disruption of the APC rally.
In an announcement on Monday, Bukar-Petrol mentioned the ADC Campaign Council had been knowledgeable of Ndume’s allegation and categorically dissociated the get together from any act able to undermining peace and safety in Gwoza or every other a part of the state.
“The ADC Campaign Council, Borno State, wishes to clearly dissociate itself from any act of violence, civil disorder or activity capable of undermining peace and security in Gwoza or any other part of Borno State,” he mentioned.
He defined that the ADC’s engagements in Gwoza, together with visits to the Emir’s Palace, Pulka, Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) settlements and a number of other communities, have been peaceable and performed with out confrontation or violence.
“Our engagements with residents across the communities were orderly and conducted in the spirit of democratic participation,” Bukar-Petrol mentioned.
The ADC spokesman challenged Ndume to offer verifiable proof, together with an official police report, establishing that the get together was answerable for disrupting the APC rally.
He argued that the rising curiosity within the ADC mirrored what he described because the folks’s seek for a reputable political various, which he attributed to issues over the efficiency of the APC and what he known as insufficient illustration of constituents.
According to him, any dissatisfaction or declining public confidence in elected representatives was a consequence of voters’ evaluation of their leaders and shouldn’t be blamed on the ADC.
“This is the essence of democratic choice and political competition,” he mentioned.
Bukar-Petrol reaffirmed the ADC’s dedication to peaceable political engagement, lawful campaigns and the democratic aspirations of the folks of Borno State.
