By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has pushed back strongly against the controversy over former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s reported registration with the party, saying the entire episode is being driven by people who have no connection to the ADC.

According to the party, the individual quoted in a recent report is completely unknown within its ranks and may be part of a broader move to weaken opposition voices in the country.

In a statement personally signed by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, the party explained that none of its officials, at any level, made the comments attributed to the alleged party chieftain.

Abdullahi stressed that the ADC’s leadership remains fully intact and recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“The person quoted in that report is unknown to the ADC at any level and does not exist within our structures, registers, or leadership organs,” Abdullahi insisted.

The ADC expressed concern that fictitious voices were being pushed into public discourse to distort its internal processes and undermine the structures affirmed by its National Executive Committee (NEC). It warned that allowing such false claims to circulate only encourages confusion and erodes trust.

“It is therefore rather unfortunate that any media house would lend its platform to impostors or would seek to impose leadership on the ADC outside the structure affirmed by the NEC of the party and recognised by the INEC,” Abdullahi said.

According to the party, incidents like this not only mislead citizens but also raise deeper questions about the quality and integrity of information being put into public space.

“The publication of such unauthorised statements not only misleads the public but also brings the integrity of the media to question,” the ADC added.

Abdullahi noted that these developments are not isolated. He said they reflect a larger pattern of attempts to destabilise opposition parties across Nigeria, contributing to what he described as the country’s slow shift toward a one-party system.

“We have all witnessed the orchestrated destabilisation of opposition parties and Nigeria’s gradual descent into a one-party state,” he claimed.

Reaffirming its commitment to democratic plurality, the ADC described itself as ‘the last man standing’ among opposition parties and urged media organisations to avoid becoming tools, wittingly or unwittingly, in efforts to shrink Nigeria’s political space.

“It is our hope that the media would not be complicit in the insidious efforts to undermine Nigeria’s multiparty democracy,” the ADC said.

The party vowed to continue safeguarding its structures and resist any attempt to infiltrate or fracture its ranks through fabricated voices or politically sponsored distractions.

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