This afternoon , @B_ELRUFAI paid a courtesy visit to the Presidential Candidate of the ADC, H.E. Atiku Abubakar, GCON, at his residence in Abuja.
The meeting featured productive and insightful discussions centred on nation-building.
I don’t think there is any National Leader who has enjoyed as much as Seriake Dickson. Even Tinubu as a National Leader in APC did not. Just look at this picture. You can clearly differentiate who the boss is here. If Dickson chooses not to submit their names to INEC, they are finished.
I joined fellow Muslims this morning at the AYA Mosque in Abuja to observe the Eid prayers in gratitude to Allah for His countless blessings.
As we celebrate this sacred occasion, may the spirit of Eid strengthen our bonds of unity, compassion, sacrifice, and peace as one people and one nation.
Eid Mubarak to all Muslim faithful across Nigeria and around the world. May Allah accept our prayers and grant lasting peace and prosperity to our nation. -AA
Content Creators done drag Obi enter mushroom party, my guy go dey vex like this.
ADC has shown Nigerians that it is truly a democratic party.
We no dey beg for ticket over here, we dey contest for am, proper democracy
Touchdown in Adamawa!
H.E. Atiku Abubakar has arrived to a rousing welcome and successfully cast his vote at his Polling Unit in Ajiya Ward, Jimeta-Yola, during the historic ADC Presidential Primaries. The momentum is undeniable.
Ordinarily, I would have ignored this entire drama ongoing in Rivers state ADC, but the constant attempt to drag Atiku Abubakar’s name into every political disagreement has made it necessary to speak.
It is becoming painfully obvious that whenever some people want to create outrage, stir emotions or gain traffic online, the easiest name to throw into the conversation is Atiku Abubakar.
Yesterday, governorship primaries were held in Rivers State under the ADC. As it stands today, there are now two different claims emerging from the exercise. One faction says the authentic result will officially be announced today, while another faction has already gone ahead to declare Farah Dagogo as the governorship candidate of the party.
But somehow, in the middle of all this confusion, certain groups — especially loyalists of Nyesom Wike and other politically uninformed commentators in Rivers state — have quickly rushed to one familiar conclusion: “Atiku Abubakar is behind the crisis.”
Why?
Simply because Farah Dagogo is perceived as someone close to Atiku.
This dangerous habit of attaching Atiku’s name to every political disagreement must stop.
Let the truth be told clearly.
Atiku Abubakar is not involved in whatever is currently happening in Rivers ADC.
From reliable reports, the former governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, had advised governorship aspirants within ADC that, strategically, since Wike’s camp had settled for O.K. Chinda in the APC, ADC should consider presenting an Ogoni candidate to strengthen political balance and widen acceptance. In that spirit, aspirants were encouraged to support Gabriel Pidomson.
Some agreed with the arrangement. Others refused.
Among those reportedly unwilling to align with that consensus were Sokonte Davies and Farah Dagogo.
What appears to have happened afterwards is that the Farah camp, allegedly backed by Sokonte Davies, conducted a parallel primary, while the Amaechi-backed structure insists its own process had the backing of the national leadership of the party and was monitored by INEC officials.
Now there are conflicting positions everywhere.
But here is the real question nobody seems willing to ask:
Why was consensus achieved peacefully in Wike’s camp, yet ADC suddenly descended into camps, confusion and parallel claims under Amaechi’s political watch?
What exactly does Wike understand about political control and internal management that Amaechi seems to have failed to master?
In APC, a sitting governor, Sir Siminalayi Joseph Fubara, reportedly stepped aside peacefully for the agreed candidate of APC, O.K. Chinda. Yet in ADC, before the battle against opponents even begins, internal crisis has already erupted.
And this is where the situation becomes frighteningly familiar.
Are we witnessing another version of 2019?
Back then, the internal crisis involving Magnus Abe eventually crippled APC’s chances in Rivers State and left the party without a governorship candidate. Rumours at the time claimed Wike had indirect influence over the division within APC.
Today, with the emerging confusion around Farah Dagogo and the ADC primaries, people are beginning to ask similar questions again.
Could there be external hands quietly fueling the cracks within ADC or its just over bloated egos of politicians to peacefully agree on a thing?
That is the real conversation Nigerians should be having — not the lazy and repetitive attempt to pin everything on Atiku Abubakar.
Enough of using Atiku’s name as bait for traffic, insults and emotional blackmail from politically frustrated people online.
Not every disagreement in Nigeria revolves around Atiku.
Sometimes, political actors should take responsibility for the problems within their own camp instead of searching for a convenient scapegoat.
#AlaBruce
Rivers, Nigeria 🇳🇬
@Pharmacio001 You are an Intelligent man. Atiku's name is now a click bait for "so called political commentators"
Thank you for setting the record straight
@Awomikelfc@MisterJonahh It shows the father is politically liberal, it is called freewill, you won't understand because you have been captivated by an idea of a Messiah coming to rescue the country, that's slave mentality