Coalition: I’m only leader of ADC in Nigeria – Abejide
African Democratic Congress, ADC, House of Representatives member representing Yagba, East/West & Mopa Federal Constituency, Hon. Leke Abejide, has said that he is the only leader of the party at the moment.
The politician was speaking on Arise News where he gave his reasons why he is against the ADC coalition, saying they came in like they own the party, failing to recognise those who have kept the party alive.
He said though every party needs members, those coming in must acknowledge those who were there before them instead of taking over the structures of the party as if no one ever existed.
“What I have against the coalition is the way they came, if they came properly and also with the betterment of the party, there would have been an issue,” he said.
“But when you come in and start sweeping people, start taking charge, as if you have been there for 1000 years, or you are the owner of the party, this is my fault with them.
“If you are coming in, no problem. Every party wants to grow. You need members. If you come, and then you believe that somebody was there before you, and then you work with the person there, and not that you come and then you are silent, behaving as if you are the leader of the party immediately, and then taking control of structures.
“I can give you an example of my state, Kogi. I just heard that they said they are going to have a meeting in the leader’s house.
“And who’s the leader? I’m the leader of the ADC. Is there anybody higher than me in the state? Not only in the State, I’m the only elected member in the National Assembly, and indeed all over Nigeria, for now, in ADC.
“I have been there since 2018. A contestant on the platform in 2019, I never decamped. I’ve gone through my first term in the House of Reps, my second term the House of Reps. And even when we were coming again, somebody came along with me from my state, the next federal constituency to me also won by ADC, just because the way I made the party popular in my area.
“And the party has been existing. You came today, and you don’t recognize that somebody has already built this party. If I had decamped like the others did, maybe the party will have been deregistered before now,” he said.
Coalition: I’m only leader of ADC in Nigeria – Abejide
