Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former Governor of Borno State and a senior figure in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a fragile political entity that will soon lose relevance.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Sheriff, who also previously served as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), attributed the imminent downfall of the ADC to internal conflicts fueled by competing presidential ambitions among its leadership.
“The ADC is a political experiment bound to collapse within three months,” Sheriff said.
Responding to rumors linking him to the ADC, Sheriff firmly denied any intention to join the opposition party.
“People say I’m moving to ADC. Which ADC? Do they even have a real political structure? Give them three months — the party will die down. Everyone there considers themselves ‘presidential material,’ but only one can be the candidate,” he asserted.
Sheriff contrasted the ADC’s weak foundation with the APC’s strong and strategic emergence, noting that the APC was formed through a merger of multiple parties controlling several states, thereby creating a solid nationwide base.
“When the APC was formed, almost 15 states were involved: President Bola Tinubu brought four, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) contributed five or six, and the breakaway PDP factions brought four. Today, APC controls 73 senators, holds a clear majority in the House of Representatives, and governs over 20 states,” he explained.
He concluded with a stark assessment of the ADC’s political standing:
“They all want to be president at all costs, and they have the right to aspire. But as far as politics goes, they don’t exist. ADC does not exist.”
