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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) said its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, did not attend Monday’s G100 opposition summit in Abuja because the event focused on discussions among political parties rather than individual presidential candidates.
Speaking on Arise News on Tuesday, the party’s spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, said Atiku’s absence was not significant.
“It’s not consequential that Atiku was not present,” Abdullahi said.
“The summit, the way we understand it, is more about conversation between political parties rather than conversation among candidates.”
Abdullahi said he and four other ADC members represented the party at the event.
“I was there, the party was highly represented. We had like four Vice Chairmen there at the G100 Summit. So, ADC was fully represented, and we participated in the process,” he said.
Representatives of six opposition political parties converged at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja on Monday for the G100 Summit to discuss possible areas of cooperation ahead of the 2027 elections.
The summit explored collaboration among opposition parties to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 election.
Atiku, Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi, and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde were absent.
However, Donald Duke of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Adewole Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Moses Adebisi of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) attended the summit.
Abdullahi said the ADC’s participation in the discussions was not dependent on the opposition parties producing a single presidential candidate.
“We in the African Democratic Congress are happy to have this conversation, but everything we are doing is not dependent on whether we are able to produce a single presidential candidate.
“We are saying that on our own, as the ADC, we can defeat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. But if we are able to negotiate this cooperation, then it makes the job easier,” he said.
