The National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Monday accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of engineering crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP.

Abdullahi claimed that the aim of the APC is to ensure that no other political party survives ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Featuring on AIT Focus Nigeria, Abdullahi said: “The crisis in Labour Party was engineered, the crisis in PDP was engineered, the crisis in all these parties were engineered.


“But why were these crises engineered? That is the question. These crises were engineered because the ruling party knows that in a free and fair contest, there is no way that they will win the election.

“Their best option is to give people no alternative going into the 2027 election, today PDP is no longer what it used to be.”

The ADC spokesman also declared that the opposition party has a solid legal backing.

He noted that what the APC did to PDP, NNPP and LP will not be allowed to happen by the ADC.

“ADC is on a solid legal ground, our team of lawyers took their time because we saw what this government did to PDP, LP, NNPP, because their plan is to ensure that no other political party survives apart from APC so hat by the time we arrive at 2027, people will be left with no choice regardless of what they did to the people,” he added.

……Insists PDP no longer Nigeria’s main opposition party

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has warned that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) may become doomed and irrelevant if it fails to present former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, as its presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 general election.

Fayose made the remarks during an exclusive interview on Arise Television, where he described Obi as the only political figure capable of giving the ADC national relevance.

He argued that other political figures within the party lack the electoral appeal required to make a meaningful impact at the polls.


“Peter Obi is the life in ADC,” Fayose said. “I didn’t say there are no other human beings in ADC. I’m saying others are largely spent forces.”

The former governor argued that Obi’s political influence goes beyond party structures, noting that his popularity was clearly demonstrated during the 2023 general election when the Labour Party, previously regarded as fringe, won several seats in the House of Representatives on the back of Obi’s candidacy.

“When Obi went to Labour, Labour that was never known, people won elections to the House of Reps,” Fayose said, stressing that Obi’s emergence instantly transformed the party’s electoral fortunes.

Fayose maintained that Obi would attract significant support regardless of the platform he contests on, even suggesting that a little-known party could gain relevance solely by fielding the former Anambra governor.

“Let’s say Obi didn’t go to ADC. Let Obi go to another party. Let’s say Obi is in Accord… Obi is the only traction, Obi is the only meaning, Obi is the only factor,” he said.

However, Fayose was careful not to frame his comments as a prediction of electoral victory or defeat in 2027.

He said his argument was strictly about the ADC’s survival and relevance in the evolving political landscape.

“I’m not saying Obi will win this election. I’m not saying Obi will not win this election,” he said.

“But I’m telling you, even if they don’t field Obi, if ADC fails to field Obi, their case will be worse than their coming together.”

The former governor added that sidelining Obi would significantly weaken the party’s standing ahead of the polls, insisting that the ex-governor of Anambra remains central to any serious electoral ambition the ADC may have in 2027

Former governor of Enugu State, Okwesilieze Nwodo, has said the South-East has shared his thoughts on the reason the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed to gain recognition in the Southeast.

Speaking during an appearance on Arise Television, Nwodo stated the eight years of former President Muhammadu Buhari and the current administration of President Bola Tinubu were difficult for the region.

He asserted that the Buhari administration was harsh on the region, adding that conditions under President Tinubu have become even more challenging.

He stated that that APC has failed to gain acceptance in the South-East because it is widely perceived as a party that targets the region for oppression.

The elder statesman stated that this notion has alienate the South-East from the ruling party.

Nwodo said: “Unfortunately, since APC was formed in the southeast, it has never taken root. It has been seen as the government, or the party that singles out the South is for oppression.

“Eight years of Buhari was quite difficult for our people, and the two half years of President Bola Tinubu is even more difficult for our people.

“So naturally, they don’t gravitate towards APC. Our leaders may go there for reasons best known to them, but I can tell you, they’re not speaking for the general public.”