Former Borno State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has dismissed the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a fragile political experiment driven by competing presidential ambitions, predicting the party will collapse within three months.
Sheriff made the remarks during a television interview on Monday, July 28, where he laughed off rumours linking him to the ADC and insisted the party lacks the structure and strength to make a national impact.
“You mentioned my name and said I was going to the ADC. That’s wrong. Which ADC? Do they even have a political party?” he questioned.
“Give them three months. The party will fizzle out because they are all ‘presidential materials,’ and only one person can be the presidential candidate.”
Several prominent politicians, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, have been linked to the ADC as they explore new platforms ahead of the 2027 general elections.
However, Sheriff argued that the ADC cannot replicate the formation and rise of the APC in 2013, emphasizing that the APC was formed through a merger of parties with sitting governors and established national political structures.
“When we formed the APC, about 15 state governments were involved. President Bola Tinubu brought in four states; the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) brought five or six; and the breakaway PDP brought four. Today, we have 73 senators, a clear majority in the House of Representatives, and control over more than 20 states,” he explained.
He described the ADC’s current political movement as a disjointed coalition of individual presidential hopefuls lacking cohesion or electoral viability.
“They all want to be president at any cost. While they have the right to aspire, in practical politics, they don’t exist. ADC does not exist.”
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