{"id":175736,"date":"2025-08-23T12:26:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/abejide-asserts-adc-leadership-against-atiku-amaechi-mark"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T13:04:17","slug":"abejide-asserts-adc-leadership-against-atiku-amaechi-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abejide-asserts-adc-leadership-against-atiku-amaechi-mark","title":{"rendered":"Abejide Asserts ADC Leadership Against Atiku Amaechi Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>African Democratic Congress, ADC, lawmaker, Leke Abejide, on Friday vowed to show the opposition coalition that he\u2019s the \u201clandlord\u201d of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Abejide, who represents Yagba East\/Yagba West\/Mopamuro of Kogi state, in the House of Representatives, said the ADC will resist the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that he was responsible for ADC\u2019s current height politically.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker said the coalition made up of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, David Mark, Rotimi Amaechi, Dino Melaye, Babachir Lawal will not be allowed to hijack the ADC without resistance.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Morning Brief.<\/p>\n<p>Abejide noted that the just-concluded by-elections was an eye opener that the end was near for the coalition as they would be expunged from the ADC.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cYou cannot come to somebody\u2019s house, hijack his house, and you think that the person, no matter how stupid he is, will be looking at you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will let them know that I am the landlord. I didn\u2019t establish the party, but I am the one who made the party remain where it is today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Abejide had vowed to muscle the ADC out of the hands of Atiku and the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the takeover of ADC\u2019s leadership by the Mark-led coalition was not in line with the party\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition recently took over the ADC in preparation for the 2027 presidential election.<\/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. African Democratic Congress, ADC, lawmaker, Leke Abejide, on Friday vowed to show the opposition coalition that he\u2019s the \u201clandlord\u201d of the party. Abejide, who represents Yagba East\/Yagba West\/Mopamuro of Kogi state, in the House of Representatives, said the ADC will resist the coalition. 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