El-Rufai Officially Joins ADC, Pressure Now on Peter Obi

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress(ADC) months after leaving the All Progressives Congress(APC). THISDAY gathered that the former governor registered with the ADC and collected his membership card at the party office in U/Sarki Ward, Kaduna State. The former minister of the Federal Capital Territory was accompanied by his loyal supporters, including former appointees and local government chairmen.

Recall that on March 10, El-Rufai cited a widening disconnect between his personal values and the current direction of the APC as the primary reason for his defection. In his resignation letter, El-Rufai openly criticised the APC’s leadership, accusing the party of abandoning the progressive ideals upon which it was founded. “Developments in the last two years confirm that there is no desire on the part of those who currently control and run the APC to acknowledge, much less address, the unhealthy situation of the party,” he had stated.

He revealed that he had repeatedly raised concerns about the party’s trajectory, both privately and publicly, over the past two years, but his warnings were ignored by the APC leadership. El-Rufai, who was instrumental in the 2013 merger of opposition parties that led to the formation of the APC, lamented that the party had lost its original vision.

With  the El-Rufai’s official membership of ADC, pressure is now on the presidential candidate of the Labour party in 2023, Peter Obi.

Obi had said that after the Anambra State governorship election, he will make his position known on where his political future lies.