The Youth Wing of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the recent move by renowned opposition political leaders who formed a coalition and adopted the party as a platform to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.
Naija News reports that the opposition coalition leaders include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Senate President David Mark, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and former Governors, Malam Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Peter Obi (Anambra).
The coalition adopted the ADC as its political base on Wednesday, with Senator David Mark named as interim national chairman and former Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola as secretary.
However, the spokesman for the youth wing of the ADC, Musa Matara, made the group’s position known on Thursday during a meeting in Abuja.
Matara described the coalition as an assembly of “old politicians who destroyed Nigeria in the past” and vowed that the party’s youth wing would resist any attempt to hand over the ADC’s structure to them.
“The opposition coalition comprises the same old faces who spoiled the Nigerian government in the past,” Matara said.
“They are politicians with no ideology. ADC is a party of vision and values. We will not allow anybody to hijack what we have built.”
He dismissed claims by a faction of the party, led by Raph Nwosu, that all ADC executives had resigned their positions to make way for the new coalition leadership.
Matara insisted that the youth wing and the majority of party members remain committed to the ADC’s founding principles and leadership structure.
He added: “We are still in ADC. We don’t have any other party but ADC.
“Let them come and join us if they want, but not take over. Who appointed this so-called interim chairman and secretary? Was it done by the National Executive Committee or the National Working Committee?”
Meanwhile, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has also rejected the move, describing the emergence of David Mark as interim chairman as a betrayal of Nigerians.
Kachikwu, who spoke in a separate statement, said the coalition was nothing but a “repackaging of the same political elite” whose only aim is to return Atiku to power in 2027.
“This is a disservice to Nigerians,” he said.
“What we are witnessing is a desperate attempt to repackage failed politicians and deceive the electorate again.”
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