The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says some governors are interested in joining the party, but they are too afraid to make the move.
This was made known by Bolaji Abdullahi, who is the interim national publicity secretary of the ADC. He spoke on Saturday, July 26, during a big political meeting held in Abuja by the northern group of the party.
According to him, these governors are scared because they don’t want to be harassed by people in power, especially from the presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Abdullahi explained that this fear is not just about the governors. He believes it is part of a bigger plan to stop ordinary Nigerians from having real political choices.
“We know that no serving 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 (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 also added that the ADC is not a party built around just one person’s personal interest. It is meant to represent the voice of the people and offer a true alternative in Nigerian politics.
“ADC is not going to be hijacked. You see, the process for the building of the party ensures that the party does not coalesce around any individual.
Like I repeatedly emphasised, 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 said
