Atiku’s Top Loyalist Dumps ADC; Ex-VP in Dilemma

Powerful Atiku’s Loyalist Dumps ADC as Fresh Crisis Hits Coalition Party

The ADC in Adamawa, home state of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, seems to have disintegrated even before the commencement of primaries for the coming elections.

Critical stakeholders including popular governorship aspirant Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in the leadership of the party and decided to pull out.

They cited the collapse of internal democracy for their action.

They are now in search of a viable political platform for effective participation in the 2027 general elections, particularly the governorship race in Adamawa State.

Rising from a meeting in Yola yesterday where they reviewed the recently conducted party congresses in the state, the ADC members declared that the actions of the party leadership at both state and national levels “have destroyed internal democracy, undermined the rule of law, and rendered the party structure in Adamawa State illegitimate and unacceptable.”

They faulted the congresses conducted under the leadership of Ishaya Bauka,describing them as fundamentally flawed, manipulated, and imposed against the will of the majority of party members.

“Valid court judgments and subsisting injunctions were deliberately ignored, setting a dangerous precedent of lawlessness within the party,” they said in a communiqué.

Continuing, they said: “The party leadership engaged in systematic exclusion, imposition, and intimidation of genuine stakeholders and aspirants.

“The party has consequently lost moral legitimacy and can no longer serve as a credible platform for democratic participation in Adamawa State.

“In view of the above, and in the overriding interest of justice, political survival, and the people of Adamawa State, we unanimously resolve as follows:

“We pass a vote of no confidence on the ADC leadership at both the State and National levels for their complicity in the collapse of internal democracy.

“We hereby announce our immediate and irreversible resignation en masse from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Adamawa State.

“We categorically reject the outcomes of the recently conducted congresses and declare them null, void, and of no consequence.

“We resolve to immediately align with a more credible and democratic political platform that guarantees fairness, justice, and respect for the rule of law.

“We unanimously mandate Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani to lead stakeholders in determining and transitioning into a viable political platform for effective participation in the 2027 general elections, particularly the Governorship race in Adamawa State.

“A structured and coordinated movement of stakeholders and supporters across Polling Units, Wards, LGAs, and the State will commence immediately to ensure a seamless transition.

“We shall embark on aggressive grassroots mobilization, political education, and structural rebuilding under the new political platform to ensure electoral victory.

“The ADC, by its actions, has abdicated its responsibility as a democratic institution in Adamawa State. We refuse to be part of a system that thrives on injustice, impunity, and illegality.

“This decision marks the beginning of a new political direction anchored on credibility, inclusiveness, and true democratic ideals.”