{"id":171936,"date":"2025-07-31T17:18:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/mark-responds-to-abdullahi-on-adc-coalition-members"},"modified":"2025-07-31T18:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:59:05","slug":"mark-responds-to-abdullahi-on-adc-coalition-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/mark-responds-to-abdullahi-on-adc-coalition-members","title":{"rendered":"Mark Responds to Abdullahi on ADC Coalition Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former National Legal Adviser to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jacob Mark, has responded to the claim made by the national publicity secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, that Peter Obi would do himself more harm than good going back to the former national ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Bolaji Abdullahi, the Interim spokesperson of the ADC had punctured speculation making the rounds that Obi, one of presidential aspirants for 2027, would go back to the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that the former Anambra State governor remain part of the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi had on Monday, when he featured on \u2018Prime Time\u2019, a programme on Arise News, stressing that Obi is aware of the risks involved in returning to the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the emergence of the ADC has sparked some movement within the PDP, emphasizing that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, still holds significant influence over the main opposition party.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Mark described Abdullahi as a man who jumps from one political party to another in search of appointment and where to grab power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Bolaji] was a minister. He did this and that on different platforms. So these are the kind of politicians I don\u2019t really bother myself about, because they are seekers of office, they are not ideal people who should determine political discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir major brand, or their major concern is how to grab power, how to get to office. I don\u2019t have a lot of respect for them, but that is their style. Maybe Nigeria makes it possible for people to jump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are here in the morning, by evening, tomorrow, they are somewhere else, depending on where they think the attractions will be. I don\u2019t believe that transactional politicians should have the right to determine where people go or what people do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter Obi is a mature politician who knows exactly what he\u2019s carrying if he wants to go and join the ADC, that\u2019s his business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people close to me are very close to Peter Obi, but I know that some have seen that the ADC will never give its ticket to Peter Obi, because they have their own agenda, and it will unveil itself very soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter Obi can only deceive himself if he thinks that these people mean well for him. We know some of them. We know what they are doing. We know exactly the game plan they have on ground, even for Peter Obi but he can walk by and try it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not the ones that will say he should not try his hand on anything. But certainly this coalition, the way it is, is not his baby, and he doesn\u2019t have a say as to how the baby is going to be born.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just a participant, and they need him for legitimacy. Take down Peter Obi from ADC, who will look at them, who will even discuss ADC, if Peter Obi is out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when people come out to say that the jugular of the PDP is in somebody\u2019s hands after they have gone out of the stadium, how do they know what is going on inside the stadium?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are not a player in the team. You don\u2019t know what is happening within the ranks of the PDP, but you stand outside and you want to run commentary on what is going on with the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody should take them seriously. They are ready to banter wars with those who have time for them. Some of us are more engaged in constructive, very deep discussions and thinking about the future of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not leave the PDP to go and join ADC forward so that I grab office. No, there must be something different. And if at all anybody is putting forward a platform, it should be a platform that has a combination of personalities that have the Nigerian people at heart, not office grabbers and people who just want power for having the same for having.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know the antecedents of most of them. We know where they are coming from. We are seeing them in the office. We know what they have done with the offices they have held Nigerians cannot be deceived.\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 National Legal Adviser to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jacob Mark, has responded to the claim made by the national publicity secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, that Peter Obi would do himself more harm than good going back to the former national ruling party. 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