03/07/2025
Coalition Will Rescue Nigeria From Collapse, Rebuild Democracy, Says David Mark
Coalition Will Rescue Nigeria From Collapse, Rebuild Democracy, Says David Mark
Mark said the current government is "consumed with politicking" and has abandoned governance.
The interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, has called on Nigerians to join the coalition of opposition parties, saying the movement is set to rescue the country from collapse and rebuild its democracy.
Mark, a former Senate president, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the unveiling of the ADC as the platform for the coalition parties ahead of the country’s next elections in 2027.
He said, “Let it be known to all that this coalition of national political opposition groups goes beyond gaining political power. It is a concerted effort to rebuild the crumbling pillars of Nigeria’s democracy,” he said.
Mark said the current government is “consumed with politicking” and has abandoned governance.
He, however, said the coalition is ready to make things right and asked Nigerians to join the team.
Leaders and members of the opposition coalition had converged on the Yar’Dua Centre in Abuja for a meeting.
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi; a former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai; and a former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, were present at the meeting.
Also present was a former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, who was recently appointed as the interim national secretary of the ADC
Others were a former member of the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye; a former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalong; Dele Momodu, Senator Gabriel Suswam; Senator Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP), a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha; and a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd.).
