{"id":163561,"date":"2025-05-21T23:26:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T22:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atiku-peter-obi-el-rufai-working-together-adopts-adc-as-coalition-party"},"modified":"2025-05-22T00:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:27:16","slug":"atiku-peter-obi-el-rufai-working-together-adopts-adc-as-coalition-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-peter-obi-el-rufai-working-together-adopts-adc-as-coalition-party","title":{"rendered":"Atiku, Peter Obi, El-Rufai working together, adopts ADC as coalition party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State have adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as the official platform of the opposition coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The trio agreed to adopt the party after a meeting on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Disclosing this, an insider who wished to be anonymous, said the coalition has been born.<\/p>\n<p>The source said: \u201cThey have adopted the African Democratic Party as the coalition party, all of them (Atiku, Obi, El-Rufai) are working together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey came to the conclusion at a meeting last night, which lasted up till the early hours of this morning. You know politicians meet when we are asleep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the leaders and stakeholders of the coalition were there, they set up committees to dot the Is and cross the Ts while preparing the way for the eventual public unveiling of the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut effectively, as we speak, the coalition has been born, the conclusion meeting took place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the date for the official unveiling, the source said: \u201cThere is none for now, but it will be sooner than later, very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State have adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as the official platform of the opposition coalition. The trio agreed to adopt the party after a meeting on Tuesday night. 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