2027 Election: Growing Concern in ADC Over Atiku, Peter Obi’s Ambitions, Details Emerge
- In an effort to forge a united front capable of challenging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 election, prominent opposition figures launched a new coalition movement in Abuja in July
- Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ex-governors Peter Gregory Obi, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and Rotimi Amaechi, are members of the ADC coalition platform
- Several credible sources within the coalition have now disclosed that the ADC is struggling to gain traction due to the refusal of Atiku, Obi, and other key political figures to officially join its ranks
Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering politics, elections, and governance in Nigeria.
FCT, Abuja - Members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) national working commitee (NWC) are reportedly seriously worried that presidential hopefuls Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are yet to join formally register with the party.
According to The Punch in a report on Sunday, August 24, the development has become a growing concern for the ADC leadership.
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A source divulged:
"Members of the party, especially the NWC members, are seriously worried and concerned that Atiku, Obi, and quite a lot of Nigerians, especially politicians they expected would have joined the ADC, are yet to join. This is affecting the momentum the party is supposed to gather.
“Since he left the PDP, Atiku has been partyless, and he has also refused to join the ADC. Peter Obi has also refused to join. As this continues, a lot of Nigerians are not even encouraged to also join the party, so to speak."
The source added:
“Right now, within the coalition, everybody is still trying to study and understand, then come to an understanding of whether the whole thing is going to work or not."
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ADC reacts to uncertainty claim
Meanwhile, reacting, the national spokesperson of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, dismissed insinuations of uncertainty. Abdullahi stressed that the party remained firmly on track ahead of the 2027 election.
Abdullahi said:
“We are not disturbed over Atiku and Obi’s delayed membership. Nothing has changed; both of them are very much with the coalition. We don’t have any concerns. Anyone that’s telling you we are disturbed is a liar; we are not disturbed at all.
“Everything is on track. There is always time for everything. It’s not everything you do in a party that is in the public domain."
Legit.ng reports that Atiku and Obi are leading a coalition of some opposition leaders working to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
The coalition has adopted the ADC as a political party, and the previous national officers of the party, including its national chairman, Ralph Nwosu, stepped down for a new set of leaders from the coalition.
A former senate president, David Mark, was named as the interim national chairman, while a former governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola, and Abdullahi, a former sports and youth minister, appointed as national secretary and spokesperson, respectively.
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Former PDP chairman joins ADC
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Tunji Shelle, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, officially resigned his membership of the party.
Shelle and other key PDP members defected to the ADC.
Shelle lamented that the party has been weakened across the country due to internal crisis and alleged insincerity among its leaders.
Source: Legit.ng
