August 06, (THEWILL) — The African Democratic Congress (ADC) member representing Yagba Federal Constituency in Kogi State, Leke Abejide, has rejected the coalition of opposition leaders planning to use the party against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election.
THEWILL had reported the National movement of opposition leaders, including Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Nasir el-Rufai, and others, who adopted the ADC as the coalition platform for the 2027 general elections.
At its 99th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja last week, the party officially handed over its leadership to Senator David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola, who took the reins as Interim National Chairman and Secretary, respectively. A 50-member Policy Committee was also established to revamp the party’s manifesto and drive reforms.
Insisting there is no vacancy for coalition in ADC, Ajibede declared the opposition forces as “unknown meddlesome interlopers”.
Faulting the unilateral decision of the National Chairman, Raphael Nwosu, to hand over the party to the coalition, Abejide emphasised that by the party’s constitution, only the National Executive Council (NEC) can ratify any decision.
“The National chairman of the party, Ralph Nwosu, only informed me that some people wanted to defect into the party, and naturally, as a political party that needed more people, I was happy, not knowing they had a hidden agenda to take over the party completely from us
“How can a tenant who pleaded to rent a house from the landlord suddenly become the landlord? It sounds so funny, these are unknown meddlesome interlopers who can not even win their wards, how much more their state
“By the grace of God, I am still the national leader of the ADC. How can David Mark say he is a leader in a party he did not build? How can Tunde Ogbeha be the leader of my party in my state? Where were they when we toiled to build and fund the party?
“There is no vacancy for a coalition in ADC. let them go and do their coalition in ADA, which they can control, as for ADC, their ambition is dead on arrival”, he said.
Addressing his suspension over anti-party activities, Ajibede, who rejected the decision, declared those behind it as “rabble rousers”.
He said, “How can Kingsley Ogah, whom I brought into the party and made him state chairman, singlehandedly say he suspended me when my ward has not done so. For your information, Kingsley Ogah, for his various misconducts, has been expelled from the party through his ward, and his expulsion has been ratified. He can therefore not make any claim to be the chairman anymore.
“How will he have carried out substantial projects worth billions of naira in his constituency without fraternising with the APC, stressing that politics is meant to develop the people and not to destroy the people. He, however, said his romance with the APC was just purely to bring development to his people and not for any personal again saying he still remains in ADC
“Those who said I have decamped to the APC are rabble rousers. I am still a bona fide member of the ADC; let them go and check all my records at the National Assembly. I am the only elected member of the party, and I still remain so. The fact is that those behind this misinformation are those who came to forcefully take over the party; they have shown their character of having a hidden agenda. I can not work with them, and I will approach the court of law to challenge them.”
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