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Adamawa ADC Gives Atiku End-Year Membership Ultimatum

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KEY POINTS


  • ADC issued a membership ultimatum to Atiku Abubakar.

  • Party insists only card-carrying members will be recognised.

  • Leaders claim ADC is prepared to challenge APC in 2027.


The African Democratic Congress in Adamawa has warned Atiku Abubakar, Babachir Lawal, and others to register before December. They must complete ward-level registration by December, or the party will strip them of recognition as legitimate members.

Adamawa ADC chairman Shehu Yohanna said in Yola that only individuals with valid cards would be recognised.

He emphasised the directive applied equally to Atiku from Jada Local Government and Babachir Lawal from Hong Local Government.

Membership ultimatum to Atiku Abubakar
Yohanna dismissed the idea that political heavyweights could make decisions for the ADC without constitutional membership. “It is illegal for someone to hold a leadership position in the party at the national level without being a registered member. That makes a caricature of the party,” he said.

The ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, reinforced the directive last week, saying all coalition members should resign from their existing parties and register fully with the ADC. Both the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party brushed off the announcement as irrelevant.

Atiku’s publicized plan to register in August at his Jada ward was indefinitely suspended without explanation. Party insiders say the former vice president is weighing his presidential chances in the ADC, as Peter Obi’s growing influence has reshaped the opposition landscape.

ADC eyes 2027 elections with confidence

Accoridng to Punch, Yohanna dismissed both APC and PDP as incapable of defeating the ADC in 2027. He argued that the administration’s “unfriendly policies” had opened space for his party to gain momentum. He said the ADC was ready to reposition the country for what he called “authentic democracy.”

On reports of a leadership crisis in Adamawa, Yohanna insisted he remained the legitimate state chairman. His tenure, he said, runs until 2026 under the party’s constitution. “The ADC is not the estate of anyone. It is a political party registered by former President Olusegun Obasanjo,” he said.

He added that the credentials of ADC governorship aspirants in Adamawa and other states would stand among the strongest in the country.

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