The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has declared that it does not need a coalition with other opposition parties to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 general elections.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Abdullahi explained that the ADC initially sought to build a broad-based opposition coalition to make the task of challenging President Bola Tinubu and the APC easier.
He said the party’s position changed after Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso left the coalition for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.
According to him, the ADC now believes it can win the 2027 election independently, although it remains open to cooperation with other opposition parties in areas that could strengthen the electoral process.
‘The ADC doesn’t need a coalition to win this 2027 election,’ Abdullahi said.
‘When we started building this coalition, we started on the assumption that if we were able to build a broad-based coalition, it would make our job of beating the APC easier.
‘If we are able to build the kind of coalition that we started, maybe to make our job easier, then we don’t need that coalition to win the election.’
The ADC spokesman said opposition parties were still holding discussions on possible areas of cooperation ahead of the elections.
He noted that the discussions were not primarily centred on producing a single presidential candidate but on strengthening the opposition’s ability to protect its votes.
‘We are still having conversations among ourselves, opposition political parties, and there are different areas. You’ve heard about the G-100 mobilising everybody, still trying to bring everybody together.
‘But the conversation is not about how to produce a single presidential candidate but predominantly about what areas of cooperation are possible,’ he said.
Abdullahi identified election monitoring and vote protection as key areas where opposition parties could work together.
‘For example, if we are able to develop a common protocol for election monitoring and for policing our votes, that is major,’ he added.