Nigeria, April 15 -- The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, has said President Bola Tinubu should have stepped down from power due to what he described as worsening insecurity, economic decline, and unfulfilled promises by his administration.

Mr Aregbesola said this on Tuesday while delivering a keynote address at the ADC National Convention in Abuja, where he criticised the government's "Renewed Hope Agenda, which he described as misleading and disconnected from the lived realities of Nigerians.

The convention attracted several high-profile political figures across party lines, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John...