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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, has urged Nigerians to prioritise national issues over personalities in their assessments of the opposition politicians in the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n

Ologbondiyan, who is considering a move to the ADC, said this while speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Friday.<\/p>\n

The PDP chieftain said that the conversations and policy positions of the ADC should form the basis of political discourse, not attacks on individuals associated with the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the issues, the conversations which have been raised by the ADC should be of interest to those who are in government and not attacks on personalities,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve done that over and over; where has it taken the nation to? It hasn\u2019t taken us anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ologbondiyan, a former PDP National Publicity Secretary, emphasized that Nigeria\u2019s democratic future depends on issue-based politics, urging both politicians and citizens to move away from personality-focused narratives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t want to fail this democracy, if we do not want to continue to fail Nigerians, then we should look at issues in the conversation and not personalities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Although he stopped short of formally declaring his defection to the ADC, his comments suggest a growing alignment with the coalition-backed party, which has recently been championing reforms and alternative governance approaches.<\/p>\n

Addressing public skepticism about the ADC, Ologbondiyan said many Nigerians wrongly dismiss parties based on assumptions rather than understanding their platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you sit in your house and you think you have the biggest farm, you might not get the advantage to see what the other person is doing because you\u2019re going to judge them on account of what you have in your farm,\u201d he said metaphorically.<\/p>\n

His remarks come amid shifting political alignments ahead of the 2027 elections, with several opposition figures exploring alternative platforms outside the traditional power blocs of the PDP and APC.<\/p>\n

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