Peter Obi and Nasir El-Rufai
Why Obi, El-Rufai haven’t joined ADC yet — Bolaji Abdullahi
African Democratic Congress, yesterday, ADC, yesterday, addressed the delay in the full membership of the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi and former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai in the party.
This came as former Director-General of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum, Mr CID Maduabum, resigned from the PDP and joined the ADC.
Also, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Chief Ayiri Emami, has dismissed concerns that former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, would ditch the APC for the ADC, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
This is even as members of Obedient Movement weekend, warned ADC against selling its presidential ticket to the highest bidder.
Meanwhile, former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, VoN, Mr Osita Okechukwu, yesterday, declared that no leader of the ADC could inherit late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s 12 million votes.
Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja over the weekend, the ADC’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, explained that both Obi and el-Rufai were allowed to complete certain electoral processes within their former political parties.
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He said: “They were given the opportunity to finalise pending elections, including by-elections and the selection of governorship candidates, within their legacy parties.”
He reassured the public that both Obi and El-Rufai remained committed to the ADC coalition and would formally join the party after completing those processes.
Addressing concerns about the party’s internal democracy, Abdullahi said: “We have no hidden agenda or preferred candidate. Everyone will have a fair chance in the race for the party’s ticket.”
On legal matters, the interim spokesperson dismissed claims that the ADC was facing major legal issues.
“We are confident in the legality of every step we have taken. We made sure we closed all loopholes the ruling party might try to use against us,” he added.
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