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Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi and his Kano State counterpart, Rabiu Kwankwaso, will leave the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Monday and announce a new political platform, the NNPP’s Board of Trustees Secretary, Buba Galadima, has said.
Galadima made the disclosure at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Obi-Kwankwaso Movement in Abuja on Saturday.
“As from Monday, when our leaders declare on which platform they will run, I want to tell you that one of two things will happen. And I’m here to guide you on your response to what will happen,” Galadima told journalists.
“First, they will sponsor columnists. Two, they will deploy social media influencers to start attacking our candidates. For all of you who are on social media and those you with the mighty pen, you must be prepared to respond to anything they are going to say.
“Anything under the sun that they may say about our leaders that we know very well, people of integrity and honour, we must come to them with the ferociousness that is needed of an intelligent man.”
He did not name the platform. However, sources close to the former governors told The PUNCH that both leaders were concluding arrangements to join a newly floated political party, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), reportedly linked to former Bayelsa State Governor Senator Seriake Dickson.
A source in the opposition leaders’ camp, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the development.
“Both Obi, Kwankwaso and their chieftains were on ground between yesterday and this morning signing the relevant documents with Senator Dickson and the NDC leaders,” the source said.
“We don’t want a repeat of what happened in the ADC to occur again. We discovered late that Atiku and his loyalists lured our leaders to that opposition party to fulfil only one single mission – Atiku’s presidential ambition.”
The source added: “All is now set. Both Obi and Kwankwaso will announce their defection from the ADC on Monday.”
