Why Sitting Governors Can’t Defect To ADC For Now-Bolaji Abdulahi

No one among the sitting governors in the country has dared to leave his party for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) because of the fear of intimidation, they are therefore acting in ways that they would not have chosen under normal circumstances, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has submitted.

Mallam Bolaji Abdulahi, a former Sports minister, who is the spokesman for ADC, has described this as a conspiracy against the Nigerian people.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that he said this during the 3rd Expanded Meeting of the National Political Consultative Group (North) in Abuja on Saturday.

The governors, he added, are hobnobbing with President Tinubu to avoid political persecution and intimidation.

Recall that ADC, a political party that is getting positioned as a significant political force in the country, was a few days ago unveiled and presented as the party that will serve as a platform for those who have formed ‘opposition alliance’ against President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 General Election.

‘We don’t need to particularly target any sitting governor. We know that no sitting governor will want to come to us now because of the kind of intimidation that they are facing.

We know what they are doing to them. Some of them who cannot jump to their party (APC) are saying we are endorsing their presidential candidate (President Tinubu). No problem.

But what you are seeing is a conspiracy against the Nigerian people. The ADC welcomes everybody, but we are convinced that we are a movement that has the backing of the majority of Nigerians who are not happy with the direction this country is going’ he said.

The former sports minister also said ADC as a party cannot and would not be ‘individualized’ promising that it will be a party for all.

 ‘No, ADC is not going to be hijacked. You see, the process for building the party ensures that the party does not coalesce around any individual.

And like I repeatedly emphasized, the ADC is not built for anybody’s ambition. ADC is a party that is determined to give a different trajectory to Nigerian politics. We don’t have any predetermined agenda. We don’t have any favourite aspirant or candidate.

We are not having any conversation at the moment. Nobody has ever had any conversation about who will be the party’s flag bearer. We believe that it is too early in the day. Our focus now is to build a political party that is strong enough to deliver on the mission that we have set for ourselves’ he added.

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi also noted that the National Political Consultative Group (North) convened the meeting held on Saturday to address and find solutions to challenges facing the Northern region, disclosing that a similar gathering is being planned for the Southern region.

‘As you can see, it’s the Northern Consultative Group of the African Democratic Congress. It’s a meeting of our region, the northern region, the northern part of the country to discuss situations in the north, especially the issue of insecurity, the issue of how we can strengthen unity in the north.

There are similar meetings in the south, there are similar meetings for the southeast, all coalesced under the African Democratic Congress. So, this particular meeting today is for the Northern part of the country.

And like I said, it’s for the purpose of getting briefings from all the states to know what the issues are, what the challenges are, and the progress we are making in terms of building this coalition’ he added-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079,  08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you