Atiku, Obi, El-Rufai, others settle for ADC as coalition party against APC, Tinubu

There are strong indications that leading figures in the coalition against President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 election have adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the party of choice.

The coalition’s heavy-weights including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal and many others, said the African Democratic Congress appear to be the right platform.

Bloomberg has also quoted sources in the meeting of the coalition, which was held on May 20th in Abuja, about the consensus in adopting ADC as the vehicle for the coalition, just as another online news platform, Daily Post, quoted sources who said the gladiators agreed to adopt the party..

One of the sources said: “They have adopted the African Democratic Party as the coalition party, all of them (Atiku, Obi, El-Rufai) are working together.

“They came to the conclusion at a meeting last night, which lasted up till the early hours of this morning. You know politicians meet when we are asleep.

“All the leaders and stakeholders of the coalition were there, they set up committees to dot the Is and cross the Ts while preparing the way for the eventual public unveiling of the coalition.

“But effectively, as we speak, the coalition has been born, the conclusion meeting took place.”

On the date for the official unveiling, the source said: “There is none for now, but it will be sooner than later, very soon.”