‘ADC Is Dead In Kaduna’— El Rufai’s Ex Ally
Former Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress(ADC), Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, has declared the party dead in Kaduna State, following his defection with over 200,000 card-carrying members to the All…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) had, in recent times, positioned itself as a rallying platform for politicians opposed to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in several states, including Kaduna, drawing in disaffected figures from the mainstream parties ahead of future electoral contests. Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna's former governor, was among the prominent APC chieftains who had explored a political future outside the party, lending the ADC visibility in the state even though it has historically struggled to match the structural depth of the APC and the PDP.
The defection of Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa'idu, described as an ex-ally of El-Rufai, back to the APC with a large bloc of claimed members marks a notable blow to the ADC's structure in Kaduna, raising questions about the durability of coalitions built around individual political godfathers rather than grassroots party institutions. The competing reports agree on the central claim of mass defection and the "ADC is dead" declaration, but figures on membership numbers remain unverified, and it is not yet clear how the ADC leadership or El-Rufai himself has responded to the claim.