12/10/2025
confusion over ADC membership coalition leadership status ..
Obi remains in LP, will make decision on political platform by year’s end – Yunusa Tanko
Sunday Sun findings, however, revealed that concern is already rising because the lack of formalised membership papers for the two heavy weights creates a legal vulnerability for the coalition’s 2027 plans. To field a candidate in an election, a politician must be a legitimate, registered member of the party. The lack of formalized membership papers for the two high-profile figures has created a crisis of confidence within the fold.
Peter Obi has publicly endorsed and supported the adoption of the ADC as the unified platform for a new opposition coalition, and he has been attending coalition meetings, according to media report. However, he has not formally registered as a card-carrying member of the party.
Similar reports also confirmed that the party leadership is worried that Atiku has either delayed his planned full defection or that the full formal process of registration as a card-carrying member of the ADC is still being finalized. Though he has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following his public declaration of support for the adoption of the ADC as a platform for the new emerging coalition, he has not fully registered in his ward in his Adamawa home state. His spokesperson, Paul Ibe, told Sunday Sun that the process of formalising his full membership was still in progress.
