We’ll conclude coalition talks within two weeks, says ADC national chairman

Ralph Nwosu, the national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says coalition talks between opposition leaders will be finalised in a few weeks. 

Some influential members of opposition parties have been spearheading a coalition aimed at unseating  the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

TheCable had reported that opposition leaders are finalising plans to adopt the ADC as the platform to challenge the APC in the 2027 presidential election.

Speaking in an interview with Arise TV, Nwosu said the party constituted committees that have met with those involved in the talks, including the civil society organisations (CSOs) and citizens’ groups.

“ADC has started a process in the last 16 months, and what we have been doing is that beyond all the political talks about political leaders, we needed to touch the grassroots because the situation in the country will either one day call for a citizens’ revolt or a patriots’ coalition,” he said.

“Dr. Bamidele Jamilu Jade, one of the deputy national chairmen, is coordinating some arms of the political parties.

“Dr. Mani Ibrahim Ahmad is also dealing with stakeholders in political parties.

“So, what I can tell you as the chairman is what we have done with the citizens and civil organisations.

“They have met a lot more. They have met Rotimi Amaechi, they have met almost all those who ran for president in 2023 either as aspirants or candidates. Dr. Ahmad have also met all the political parties.”

Nwosu said ADC would not be used as a “multipurpose vehicle” to be used and dumped by politicians after the party has served its purpose.

“We made it clear that any politician who thinks that ADC is a ‘molue’ for going to where they want to go, a multipurpose vehicle, must think again because that has made parties the weakest link in the chain of our democratic system,” the ADC national chairman said.

“That is wrong because the weakest link cannot create leaders that can create the kind of transformation that we want. ADC is certainly not the vehicle.”