Coalition into ADC will strengthen APC — Keyamo

“By law, you cannot operate from, or belong to, two or multiple political parties,” he said.

“So, it is safe to say that their open declaration for ADC today is a clear abandonment of their previous parties. In fact, belonging to two political parties is a ground for disqualification in an election.”

Keyamo said the emergence of ADC in its new form marked “the formal dismemberment of the PDP,” which he described as “hitherto Nigeria’s strongest opposition party.”

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“The majority of the old guard in the PDP — who have apparently lost control of the party — have been pushed out by the younger Turks,” he claimed.

“That is why the gathering today was a conglomerate of ‘former this’ and ‘former that’ of the PDP. No matter how you look at it, this is just Atiku’s faction of PDP in desperate search for the 2027 presidential ticket — nothing more, nothing less.”

He downplayed the impact of the coalition on the APC, insisting it posed no threat to the ruling party.

“The other addition to the so-called coalition is a sprinkling of APC members who worked against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the last election, and one or two APC leaders who lost their constituencies to opposition parties in 2023,” he said.

“Their movement therefore takes nothing away from the APC. It is actually better for the APC because it is just a case of totally extracting the germ that was eating the cola nut from within.”