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Nigeria Opposition Coalition Crisis Deepens with ADC Rift
Nigeria Opposition Coalition Crisis escalates as ADC lawmaker Leke Abejide warns the alliance will collapse after failing to win any by-election seat
Nigeria Opposition Coalition Crisis may derail the 2027 game plan as cracks have already emerged within the alliance that adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its political vehicle.
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Hon. Leke Abejide, the only ADC member in the House of Representatives, declared on Friday that the coalition is “already wobbling” and may collapse completely by September.
Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, Abejide pointed to last weekend’s by-election losses, in which the bloc failed to secure a single seat, as the beginning of the end.
“The coalition collapsed last Saturday; across the country, they could not even win one seat. That was the beginning of the end. By early next month, the coalition will collapse completely,” he said.
Abejide accused the coalition of attempting to hijack the ADC, insisting he remained the “landlord” of the party. “I didn’t establish the party, but I am the one who kept it alive.
I have never defected to a big party. I used the ADC to contest all my elections and also brought others into both the National Assembly and state assembly,” he stated.
The lawmaker dismissed coalition leaders as outsiders with no real stake in the ADC. He downplayed the roles of former Senate President David Mark and ex-Osun governor Rauf Aregbesola, despite their recent appointments as interim chairman and secretary.
The alliance had been linked to heavyweight politicians including Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Nasir El-Rufai, Rotimi Amaechi, Dino Melaye, Solomon Dalong, Gabriel Suswam, and Dele Momodu. But Abejide branded them “selfish politicians” chasing shadows.
In his words, their ambition to ride on the ADC into 2027 is nothing more than a daydream.
Also read: ADC Slams Tinubu, Says Nigeria Diplomacy Now a Side Hustle
For now, the coalition’s survival appears increasingly uncertain as internal resistance grows louder.
A group, the Imo First Group (IFG) has described the purported Magistrate court order to arrest Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, over alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery, as a ruse and fake news
The group stated this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.
IFG challenged those peddling the fake news to make the court order public.
The statement reads ” The fabricated and concocted story was first posted on social media by Hon. Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, a media aide to Governor Hope Uzodimma, before it was picked up by other media outfits, including Arise TV.
According to the statement, those behind the report claimed that a Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja issued a Bench Warrant dated September 9, 2026, following a petition written by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State, Barr. Chukwuemeka Ibejiako, to the Police and DSS on October 8, 2026, over alleged presentation of fake APC primary results.
The Group debunked the existence of any such order.
“We want to state categorically and unequivocally that no jSenior Magistrate ordered or issued any bench warrant for the arrest of Araraume”
IFG however challenged anyone in possession of the purported court order to publish it.
“If you claim to have a court order present same for the public to see,
“This fabricated bench warrant contain in the report is filled with inconsistencies, the bench warrant was dated September 9, 2026, while the REC’s petition that supposedly triggered it was dated October 8, 2026, with case number CR/M/084/2026.
The statement further stated that the purveyors and harbinger of the fake news tried to trick the magistrate via exparte order but was rebuked
“The magistrate bluntly refused to grant their exparte and threatened to arrest them, yet they carried their falsehood about. What’s the problem of occupants of office that never won free and fair elections and tried to destroy reputable Imo sons that have won elections. We challenge anyone in this macabre surugede dance to show the court order or warrant of arrest. It’s preposterous to blackmail decent Imo sons on the altar of dirty politics.”
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