The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has revealed the rationale former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, have been absent on the unveiling of its new secretariat in Abuja on November 17.
This was contained in an announcement by the celebration’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, dismissing reviews suggesting that Obi snubbed the management as a result of the secretariat was previously Atiku’s marketing campaign workplace.
DAILY POST reviews that whereas the ADC Nationwide Chairman, David Mark; the celebration’s Nationwide Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola; and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, attended the disclosing, each Obi and Atiku have been absent and didn’t situation any formal assertion.
Inaugurating the brand new secretariat, Mark described it as a mirrored image of the coalition’s ambition to reshape Nigeria’s political future.
“It’s a bodily testomony to our collective resolve to construct a higher nation. This ADC coalition is a historic baby of necessity, impressed by folks’s want for good governance, higher accountability, and a stronger democracy,” he stated.
Obi’s absence had been broadly interpreted as a rejection of the secretariat due to its earlier hyperlink to Atiku.
Nevertheless, Abdullahi, who dismissed the insinuation, insisted Obi remained dedicated to the coalition, explaining that Obi was in another country through the occasion, whereas Atiku was unavailable as a result of different engagements.
He stated, “The programme was impromptu; many of the celebration leaders weren’t in attendance. Obi was in another country, and Atiku wasn’t accessible. There’s nothing to recommend that Peter Obi is withdrawing from the coalition. He’s nonetheless with us.
“Let me state once more that Atiku isn’t the proprietor of the constructing, and he didn’t donate it to the ADC. He leased the constructing, and his hire had expired. The ADC rented the constructing.”
The ADC’s mouthpiece additional acknowledged that there was no rift amongst ADC leaders, insisting that the coalition remained united in its purpose to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
