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Nurudeen Akewushola
Nurudeen Akewushola
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A video showing former minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, criticising the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and urging Nigerians, particularly residents of Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, to reject the party has resurfaced on social media.

The video was shared on X by @dangbanamanager on 10 October 2026, with a caption claiming Adelabu had recently admitted that the APC had “wrecked Nigeria”. 

“Former Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu Penkele tells Nigerians, especially Oyo State, to reject APC at both state and national levels, admitting that APC has wrecked Nigeria. Even their own people are sounding the alarm!.” 

The post had attracted over 427,000 views, 3,400 reposts and 5,700 likes as of 12 October 2026.

CLAIM

Former minister of power Adebayo Adelabu recently urged Nigerians to reject the APC at both state and national levels, saying the party had wrecked Nigeria.

FINDINGS

Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the video is an excerpt from an old interview Adelabu granted in 2022, when he was the Accord Party’s governorship candidate in Oyo State, rather than a recent statement.

In a report published on 11 October 2026, Punch reported that Adelabu’s media office confirmed the footage came from the 2022 interview and described the viral interpretation as false and misleading.

According to the report, his media office said his comments reflected the political circumstances at the time and his concerns about the credibility of political parties and candidates. It also disputed the claim that the remarks amounted to a call for Nigerians to reject the APC or oppose President Bola Tinubu.

The interview was conducted when Adelabu was contesting the 2023 Oyo State governorship election under the Accord Party, after leaving the APC amid disagreements over the party’s nomination process. In June 2022, Tribune Online reported that Adelabu had formally left the APC and joined the Accord Party to pursue his governorship ambition. In December 2022, Tribune Online also published an interview with Adelabu, in which he discussed his reasons for leaving the APC and criticised the party’s internal politics in Oyo State.

Adelabu’s media office challenged those sharing the video to publish the full, unedited interview to establish the context of his remarks. Punch reported that the office maintained that his comments about political parties and candidates had been taken out of context.

The viral post does not provide the original interview date or the full conversation, leaving out the political context in which the remarks were made. 

VERDICT

The claim that the video shows a recent comment by Adelabu is MISLEADING.  The video is from a 2022 interview, not a recent statement. Although Adelabu made the remarks in the context of his political disagreement with the APC at the time, the viral post recirculates the footage without its original context and presents it as a current call to reject the party.

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Nurudeen Akewushola is a fact-checker with FactCheckHub. He has authored several fact checks which have contributed to the fight against information disorder. You can reach him via nyahaya@icirnigeria.org and @NurudeenAkewus1 via Twitter.

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