PRP Rejects Alleged ADC Takeover Plan, Insists Party Is Not for Sale

The People’s Redemption Party (PRP) has turned down a proposal from a group connected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to take over its leadership. The PRP made it clear that the party cannot be bought or taken over.

Abdulmajid Yakubu Dauda, the chairman of PRP Vanguard, spoke in Kano on Monday and said that the party will not let its founding ideology be used for personal or financial gain.

He told people who were thinking about joining the party to be careful because the PRP doesn’t allow any kind of purchase or secret deal.

Dauda said that some people in Kaduna, who he said were never part of the PRP, were trying to take over its structure.

He says that these people are now acting as leaders and letting members of other troubled political parties, like the ADC, join the PRP without following the rules.

He also said that the group he called the “Kaduna Mafia” does not share the values of the PRP. He said they are part of the political elite and don’t care about the party’s long-standing goal of improving the lives of everyday Nigerians.

The leader of the PRP Vanguard made it clear that the party’s current internal crisis is still in court and that there is no agreement to make peace with any group. He questioned calls for unity before the 2027 elections, asking what kind of unity would ignore the party’s core beliefs and current structures.

Dauda said that the PRP has a long history that comes from the struggles of workers, intellectuals, and regular people. He said that the party was not made to serve the interests of the rich or be run by a small group of people.

He also said that giving the party to what he called “career politicians” and “power seekers” would go against everything the founders stood for. He also said that the group from Kaduna doesn’t have any ties to grassroots supporters and only becomes active during elections to look for money from rich sponsors.