Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, President Bola Tinubu could be in serious trouble as Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai have adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the official platform of the opposition coalition.
News Band understand that the three political heavyweights agreed to adopt ADC after a powerful political horse trading on Tuesday night.
A source privy to the development revealed that the much touted political coalition has been officially born.
The source said: “They have adopted the African Democratic Party as the coalition party, all of them (Atiku, Obi, El-Rufai) are working together.
“They came to the conclusion at a meeting last night, which lasted up till the early hours of this morning. You know politicians meet when we are asleep.
“All the leaders and stakeholders of the coalition were there, they set up committees to dot the Is and cross the Ts while preparing the way for the eventual public unveiling of the coalition.
“But effectively, as we speak, the coalition has been born, the conclusion meeting took place.”
Though, the source who doesn’t want to be quoted did not reveal the actual date the coalition arrowheads will make an official statement unveiling the coalition movement.
It said: “There is none for now, but it will be sooner than later, very soon”.
More details to follow…