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2027 Election: ADC Mentions Names, People Allegedly Working Underground To Destroy Party
Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has alleged that certain individuals linked to the Presidency are working covertly to destabilise the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general election.
Speaking in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, Abdullahi, who is the party’s National Publicity Secretary, claimed the plot was aimed at weakening opposition parties to prevent them from mounting a credible challenge.
His words: “It is the Presidency, the ruling government! They know that on their records alone, Nigerians won’t vote for them. They want to foist a fait accompli so that by 2027 no party willbe strong enough to challenge them for power,” he alleged.
Abdullahi recalled President Bola Tinubu’s remark at the National Assembly suggesting he was “enjoying” the problems facing political parties, including the PDP and SDP.
“If I were advising the President, I’d tell him to encourage opposition parties to get their acts together because democracy is stronger when there’s competition,” Abdullahi said.
He added: “But to say you are enjoying the crisis shows where this is coming from and what the agenda is”
On allegations by some state chairmen and former ADC presidential candidate Dumebi Kachikwu that a coalition group had hijacked the party, Abdullahi dismissed them as baseless.
“Kachikwu was expelled from the party in 2022. He was just a presidential candidate, not an official. His contract with the party ended after the election,” he said.
He explained that all 36 state chairmen were invited to Abuja , assured of retaining their positions until the next party congress, and raised no objections at the time.
“It is the same hands of destabilisation that destroyed other opposition parties at work. But they won’t succeed with ADC,” Abdullahi stated.
The ADC chieftain went further to dismiss speculations about the zoning of its presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 elections, insisting thep party iS focused on issues that directly affect Nigerians.
He stressed that the conversation about where the next president should come from is driven by political elites rather than ordinary citizens.
“It is the same poverty afflicting a man from Kano that afflicts a man from Umuahia or Damaturu,”he said.
He added that Nigerians want leaders who can solve their problems, not debate over regional origin.
He criticised the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for “weaponising regions, religion, and ethnicity” to an unprecedented level.
Recalling past politics, he noted that in the Second Republic, voters were more concerned with party policies, such as the UPN’s promise of free education, than with a candidate’s background.
He compared the situation to the U.S., where parties internally decide whether to change candidates, as the Democrats did after President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance by rallying behind Kamala Harris.
The ADC leader insisted that the selection of a presidential candidate remains an internal party decision and warned against turning it into “a national referendum.”
He accused the APC of trying to frame the 2027 election around regionalism, ethnicity, and religion rather than governance and policy issues.
An Islamic human rights group has given Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, retired General Christopher Gwabin Musa, a fortnight to demonstrate a clear improvement in security across Sokoto state or step down from office.
As reported by Leadership, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) issued the ultimatum in a press statement on Saturday, August 22, 2026, signed by its executive director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola.
The group said the minister had failed to honour a pledge he made when he assumed office to end killings across the country. PM News also noted MURIC’s calls.
MURIC said at least 43 people and an Imam were killed in Sokoto state within the past three weeks, while 19 others were kidnapped in the same period.
The group described the victims as all being Muslims and framed the attacks as an assault on the symbolic heart of Islam in Nigeria.
“If Abuja is Nigeria’s political capital, if Lagos is the country’s economic hub, then Sokoto is the heart of Islamdom in Nigeria,” Akintola wrote in the statement.
“Any attack on Sokoto is deemed by Nigerian Muslims as an attack on Muslims in general.”
The group held the Nigerian Army directly responsible for the security failures in and around the state, and demanded what it called an “iron-clad defence mechanism” in the area.
MURIC also pointed to a recent warning from the Department of State Services (DSS) that terrorists were planning to attack tertiary institutions in Sokoto state, describing it as the moment that pushed the group to act.
“The Defence Minister has reneged on his pledge to stop killings. He has failed the people of Sokoto. He has failed Nigerians,” the statement read.
The group recalled Musa’s own words on assuming office: “I knew that I could not afford to fail myself, fail my nation, fail my family,” and said his conduct in office had contradicted that commitment.
MURIC gave the minister until Monday, August 24, 2026, as the start date of the 14-day countdown, demanding visible and verifiable changes to the security apparatus in and around Sokoto within that window.
The group was explicit that the city must be made, in its words, “impregnable and unassailable,” adding that “no single ant must climb on the Sultan’s skin.”
“The alternative is for the minister to submit his letter of resignation on or before the ultimatum. There is no other option on the table,” the statement concluded.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Oyewole Mayowa Solomon, has reportedly died.
It was gathered that the APC Chairman died after slumping during a party reconciliation meeting in Iyara, the council headquarters.
According to TVC, Solomon collapsed on Friday while participating in a meeting convened by Funsho Olumoko, a former Chairman of the Ijumu Local Government Area.
The meeting was held to strengthen unity among APC stakeholders in the area ahead of the 2027 general election. Sources said Solomon suddenly collapsed while proceedings were ongoing, causing confusion among participants.
Efforts were reportedly made to revive him before he was rushed to a hospital in Kabba for medical attention. However, he was said to have died shortly after arriving at the hospital.
The reconciliation meeting came amid ongoing efforts by APC stakeholders in Ijumu to resolve internal disagreements and promote greater unity ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Earlier in August, APC stakeholders in the local government gathered in Iyara, where they endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Governor Usman Ododo for re-election.
The stakeholders also called for unity among party members. However, the earlier gathering was reportedly characterised by disagreements over the leadership of the local government, with Solomon and some other officials said to have walked out of the meeting.
Tension and grief have gripped the political community in Enugu State following the reported death of Chisimdiri Ngwu, chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Udenu Local Government Area.
Ngwu, described as one of the longest-serving members of the ADC in the state, was reportedly found dead in the early hours of Wednesday, August 19, 2026, in circumstances believed to be suspicious.
The deceased, who hailed from Orba in Udenu Local Government Area, was reportedly strangulated, according to information gathered by The Trumpet.
A family source, who spoke, said Ngwu left his home shortly after waking up on Wednesday morning, but never returned alive.
“He woke up early in the morning on Wednesday and walked out and that was the last we heard of him,” the source said.
The source said family members became alarmed after discovering that Ngwu was missing, only to later find his lifeless body outside the compound.
“When we woke up, we didn’t see him only to discover his lifeless body in front of our compound. We saw scratches on his neck which was twisted backwards,” the source added.
The circumstances surrounding the politician’s death have heightened concerns among members of the ADC and residents of the community, with calls for a thorough investigation to unravel what led to his death.
Reports indicate that two persons have been arrested in connection with the incident, although details of their identities and the circumstances of their arrest were not immediately available.
The development has cast a pall over the ADC in Enugu State, coming at a politically sensitive period ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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