Cracks in ADC media directorate, Momodu, others sidelined, Ologbondiyan, Shaibu run parallel present

A crack Wednesday opened within the media directorate of the African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC), with Dele Momodu successfully sidelined within the scheme of issues.

Momodu, a former Labour Party presidential candidate, this medium recalled, was named deputy director-general in command of Media and Communications when the listing was unveiled on September 24.

He held the identical function for Atiku Abubakar in 2023 below the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

However, barely weeks into the marketing campaign, the construction has collapsed right into a parallel operation.

While Kola Ologbondiyan, former PDP nationwide publicity secretary, was named director of Media and Publicity. Phrank Shaibu, Atiku’s senior particular assistant on Public Communication, then again, grew to become the director of Strategic Communication.

Both have been speculated to work below Momodu’s directive. Instead, sources within the marketing campaign say they’re working independently, bypassing Momodu solely.

Momodu, as soon as the general public face of Atiku’s media battle, has been minimize out of key choices, technique conferences, and press operations, insiders insist.

The growth has left the marketing campaign’s media arm divided into two camps with Momodu on one facet, and Ologbondiyan and Shaibu, on the opposite.

Efforts to get Momodu to react to the event have been unsuccessful as of press time.

The rift, marketing campaign sources mentioned Wednesday, has additional weakened Atiku’s media offensive at a vital second within the race.