The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the USA Africa Command (AFRICOM) airstrikes carried out in Sokoto State on December 25, 2025, describing the event as a transparent indication of the federal government’s failure to handle safety challenges.
In a press release issued on Thursday and signed by the get together’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC mentioned that whereas it helps all lawful efforts geared toward defending Nigerian lives, the involvement of a overseas navy power conducting direct assaults on Nigerian soil underscores the administration’s incapability to handle the nation’s safety considerations.
The get together warned that allowing overseas troops to hold out navy operations inside Nigeria is unsustainable and poses a threat to the nation’s sovereignty and long-term strategic pursuits.
It confused that Nigeria ought to be main such operations, reasonably than taking part in a secondary position.
In response to the ADC, the federal authorities’s declare of “collaboration” with the USA raises severe considerations, as Nigeria appeared to perform primarily as an intelligence supplier as an alternative of exercising full operational management.
The get together maintained that Nigerians deserve readability on who deliberate the strike, who carried it out, and who was in command on the bottom.
The ADC additionally faulted the dealing with of knowledge surrounding the airstrike, noting that Nigerians first turned conscious of the operation by means of a social media submit by the U.S. President.
It described this as deeply troubling, given the sensitivity of a overseas navy motion performed inside the nation.
The get together additional demanded that the federal authorities disclose the quantity and identities of the terrorists killed, in addition to the fast outcomes of the operation.
It questioned why Nigeria couldn’t lead the mission regardless of years of huge safety spending, significantly if it already possessed the mandatory intelligence.
The ADC cautioned towards complicated safety cooperation with what it described as a quiet give up of accountability, warning that such an strategy may undermine nationwide unity and erode Nigeria’s self-respect.