Some coalition members now regret joining an agreement with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), according to Dumebi Kachikwu, the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election.
According to reports, the coalition’s leaders include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, former Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai, and former All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman John Oyegun.
Other notable figures include former Jigawa Governor Sule Lamido, former PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus, former Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu, former Ebonyi Governor Sam Egwu, former Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal, former Cross River Governor Liyel Imoke, and others.
“The opposition coalition is on a slippery slope and will ultimately fail,” Kachikwu said in an interview on The Volume Pod.
Kachikwu questioned the validity of the coalition, pointing to ongoing legal battles over ADC leadership.
He asserts that Ralph Nwosu’s tenure as ADC national chairman ended two years ago and that he was not authorized to hand over leadership of a contentious coalition to chosen individuals.
Kachikwu emphasized that the opposition leaders allegedly bought off state chairpersons of the ADC to support their adoption of the party as an alliance platform, saying that only the court can determine the ADC’s future.
“They are going down a very slippery slope that leads to failure,” he warned. Nothing can be built upon itself.
When two courts in two different jurisdictions decided that this man’s [Nwosu] tenure had ended, they were correct.
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Accordingly, nothing that they [ADC] would do would make sense. There hasn’t been a national executive committee (NEC) or convention since Nwosu’s term ended two years ago.
“ADC has been attempting to hold a convention. They actually held two conventions, but INEC wouldn’t acknowledge them.
“That is the party’s issue.” Our constitution never intended for the unique situation we [ADC] are in to create a void within the party.
Since they are contacting me through multiple people, “all these men now realize that they made a mistake by entering this party without dealing with these issues.”
