Nigeria, July 4 -- A federal lawmaker in Nigeria has come under fire for using a 2006 ADC plane crash as an analogy to warn people against joining the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a political platform adopted by the opposition coalition to challenge President Bola Tinubu's reelection bid in 2027.

The ADC Airline flight 053, a Boeing 737-200, crashed shortly after takeoff from Abuja Airport, Nigeria, killing 96 of the 105 passengers onboard.

For many Nigerians, the loss of loved ones in the crash remains a painful memory.

The lawmaker, Clement Jimbo, who represents Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State in the House of Representatives, used the plane crash as an analogy to predict that the newly adopted opposit...