The African Democratic Congress, ADC has described President Bola Tinubu’s silence to condemn the capturing of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro and his wife by United States, U.S President Donald Trump as fear of the “unknown.“
ADC spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, in a statement, said although the opposition party supports the principles of sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations but any government that holds its national laws in contempt and tramples on the rights of its citizens opens itself up for external interference.
ADC noted that President Maduro’s arrest sends a strong message to the Nigerian government and any other government that lacks legitimacy.
Bolaji reminded Nigerians that in 2024 Venezuela’s presidential elections were widely condemned as illegitimate and deeply flawed by nine governments across Latin America, the European Union, and international democratic institutions, because the process was marked by fraud, repression and exclusion.
The ADC national publicity secretary further said that the wave of popular public support that followed within Venezuela overshadowed serious legitimate questions under international law that would have been raised. This he says
speaks to a deeper crisis of legitimacy of the Maduro government.
The party revealed that it is embarrassing that more than 48 hours after the situation in Venezuela, the Nigerian government is yet to react in any way, pointing out that President Tinubu’s silence is a further indication that Nigeria has lost both voice and standing on the international stage.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
