{"id":168280,"date":"2025-07-04T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/coalition-david-will-lead-adc-to-aso-rock-dino-melaye"},"modified":"2025-07-04T13:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:20:40","slug":"coalition-david-will-lead-adc-to-aso-rock-dino-melaye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coalition-david-will-lead-adc-to-aso-rock-dino-melaye","title":{"rendered":"Coalition: David will lead ADC to Aso Rock \u2013 Dino Melaye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye has touted the competence of the Interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, David Mark, to lead the coalition to a successful end.<\/p>\n<p>He made the remarks in Abuja while addressing members of the coalition that recently adopted the ADC as their official political platform.<\/p>\n<p>Citing Mark\u2019s military background and experience as President of the Senate, Melaye asserted that he possessed the qualities necessary to lead the party to victory in the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to Melaye: \u201cHe was the youngest officer who was a member of the military ruling council. I can\u2019t understand why as a Captain, Major, and Colonel he was being consulted, it\u2019s not for anything but for his intellectual mobility and political sagacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the man who was part of a coup but you will not see his hand, you will only see the result. When he was the President of the senate, he will not fight or argue but will get everything that he wants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been endowed from heaven and he is fearless, he is the only one that can confront these criminals in power, CIPs. By the grace of God, David as your name is, the battle to salvage this country from economic canker-worms and political scavengers is that of no retreat no surrender.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to match where we need to match, we are going to protest where we need to protest, we are going to resist where we need to resist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet APC and the government know that the time to act is now, so the only thing is that we eschew fear because we have no other country to call our own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us begin to ring the bell of justice from local government to local government, from ward to ward, from polling unit to polling unit, from state to state.\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 Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye has touted the competence of the Interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, David Mark, to lead the coalition to a successful end. 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