Nigeria, April 3 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed claims by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that it is plotting to undermine the party, describing the opposition as "an assembly of Nigeria's most confused and desperate politicians."

In a strongly worded statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the ruling party said the ADC is reaping the consequences of its own "reckless and desperate misadventure," amid ongoing litigation and a leadership crisis within the party.

"Quite apart from being an assembly of Nigeria's most confused and desperate politicians, the ADC has distinguished itself as a peddler of rabid conspiracy theories about what the APC is or is not doing to undermine it," Mr M...