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The structure of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dominated out former Labour Celebration presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, from contesting underneath its platform within the 2027 basic elections.
Obi, who has backed the ADC and is broadly alleged to be eyeing one other run for the presidency, stays a registered member of the Labour Celebration.
Nevertheless, in accordance with Article 8 of the ADC Structure and the third schedule guiding the conduct of celebration primaries, aspirants should not be affiliated with some other political celebration, and the place such affiliation beforehand existed, a proper resignation have to be submitted earlier than eligibility could be thought-about.
The celebration’s structure clearly states that an aspirant “should not belong to some other political celebration,” and if beforehand affiliated, should have resigned from such membership.
This provision has positioned a transparent barrier in Obi’s path, as he has not publicly renounced his membership within the Labour Celebration.
His media aide, Tanko Yunusa, confirmed this just lately. “Nicely, that can be made public if he decides to try this. For the time being, he’s nonetheless a member of the Labour Celebration,” he mentioned.
Nevertheless, the ADC’s doorways seem extra open to 2 different contenders, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Each males have taken steps to completely align with the ADC’s necessities.
Atiku Abubakar, who contested the 2023 election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP), formally resigned from the celebration in a letter dated 14 July 2025, addressed to his Ward Chairman in Jada, Adamawa State.
Within the letter, Atiku cited irreconcilable variations with the celebration’s management and expressed disappointment in what he described as “the gradual erosion of inner democracy and the abandonment of foundational rules.”
Equally, Rotimi Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), resigned from the APC on 1 July 2025.
He made the announcement public the next day at an ADC-organised occasion in Abuja. Throughout his resignation speech, Amaechi declared that “Nigeria is totally destroyed” and accused the APC and the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) of colluding to control electoral processes.
The ADC, in its doc, mentioned, “The electoral committee of the celebration shall conduct major elections that may produce credible candidates that mirror the selection of the folks. Nomination of candidates for elections into public places of work shall be carried out by members of the Celebration in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.”
The celebration additional clarified that it reserves the appropriate to undertake direct primaries, oblique primaries, or the consensus methodology, as decided by its Nationwide Govt Committee.
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