ADC Crisis: They hijack, abandon events after electoral defeats – Ngogbehei tackles Atiku, Peter Obi

A public affairs analyst, Marcel Ngogbehei, has accused opposition politicians of turning Nigeria’s political events into private autos for his or her presidential ambitions, alleging that they routinely take over present get together buildings, sideline founding members and abandon the platforms when their electoral calculations fail.

He made the allegations in a press release on Saturday, whereas reacting to a latest Abuja High Court judgment sacking the African Democratic Congress, ADC, management beneath former Senate President, David Mark.

DAILY POST stories that the ADC has already appealed the judgment.

Reacting, Ngogbehei mentioned Nigeria should transfer away from a political tradition wherein established events are taken over by highly effective politicians, leaving their authentic members struggling for management of the organisations they helped set up.

He cited the political journeys of former Vice-President and ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as examples of what he described because the instability and opportunism characterising opposition politics.

He maintained that “the ADC crisis was particularly instructive, given that the party was adopted by opposition heavyweights seeking to challenge the APC, only to become engulfed in leadership disputes and litigation over the legitimacy of its leadership structure.”

He argued that, not like opposition get together leaders, President Bola Tinubu’s political expertise demonstrated a dedication to constructing enduring political buildings.

He recalled Tinubu’s position within the growth of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, Action Congress, AC, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and the formation of the APC.