Apparently, Nigeria’s two main opposition leaders have decided to create a new political party or which it’s sole aim is to challenge President Bola Tinubu and his ruling party in the next election.
Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi have chosen the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as their new political home after breaking away from their respective parties – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP).
This is one of the biggest shake-ups in Nigerian politics since the end of military rule in 1999.
Some political heavyweights from Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC) party have also thrown their weight behind the formation.
Meanwhile, Peter Obi had broken away from the PDP after the party chose Abubakar as its presidential candidate.
Apparently, With Both the PDP and LP are also battling internal crises which some believe were instigated by external forces.
The formulation of African Democratic Congress (ADC), interim chairman David Mark said it was an attempt to save the country’s democracy and to stop Nigeria from becoming a one-party oriented state.
Both Atiku [Abubakar] and Obi felt they came so close in 2023 and would have maybe won on a joint ticket so they want to amend their mistake by working together this time around.
Tinubu’s biggest challengers in the last elections, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are the face of the coalition.
Other political heavyweights in the coalition include former Senate President David Mark, who like Atiku is leaving the PDP, former Tinubu ally turned foe Nasir El-Rufai and powerful minister in the last dispensation Rotimi Amaechi and the surprise inclusion of Abdur-Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola
