The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared its readiness to challenge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections following an alleged attack on its members during a town hall meeting in Lagos State.
The NDC’s Director of New Media and Strategic Communications, Theo Abu Agada, made the declaration on Thursday while reacting to the incident.
According to Agada, suspected APC thugs armed with weapons attempted to disrupt the opposition party’s town hall meeting.
However, he said NDC supporters confronted the attackers and successfully disarmed them.
In a post on X, Agada praised the party’s supporters for resisting the alleged disruption.
He wrote: “Our courageous supporters successfully disarmed the APC thugs who came to disrupt our town hall meeting in Lagos today.
“The APC and its supporters know that without thugs and ballot-box snatching, they cannot win any election.
“APC is a useless political party; we are fully ready for them.” Agada’s comments followed the confrontation between the suspected attackers and NDC supporters at the meeting venue.
The NDC media director also accused the APC and its supporters of relying on electoral violence and ballot-box snatching to win elections.
However, the allegations remain claims made by the party’s spokesperson.
The incident comes as political parties begin positioning themselves ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The NDC has now declared its readiness to contest against the ruling party, with Agada insisting that its supporters would resist attempts to disrupt its political activities.
