Former Governor of Edo State and national leader of African Democratic Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun has predicted leadership change of the administration of President Bola Tinubu in 2027 general elections.
Odigi-Oyegun, said leaders of ADC will mobilize Nigerians to achieve the leadership change as he and some other prominent leaders of thought activated their winning streak in 2015 Presidential election, which was won by the late former President, Muhammadu Buhari as the then Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress was the party’s chairman, and defeated former President, Goodluck Jonathan of Peoples Democratic Party.
The ADC national leader who made the disclosure while receiving the newly elected Edo State Executive of the ADC, led by its chairman, Tony Alile, at his residence in Benin City,
however appealed to Nigerians particularly members of his party to shun internal wrangling and vote out bad government and elect leaders with capacity for Nigeria towards bringing end tales of lamentation in the nation, Nigeria.
“I consider that my job is done. At my age, what I have is to pass the ball over to you. I am the happiest person. I cannot, at my age, install another person as old as myself, while the younger ones are there.
“When the youths came out in 2023, they made a statement that enough is enough, and that statement is reverberating till today. For me, it is a mission accomplished; it is not going to be a bed of roses. For the second time, we are about to remove a government again,” he said.
“Today, the main opposition party is ADC. Don’t allow cockroaches and ants to sap the strength of this party. Don’t show slavish loyalty to any individual. We have a nation to salvage, sacrifices to make”, according to him.
In his remarks earlier, the Chairman of the Edo State ADC Congress Committee, Senator Andrew Uchendu, formally declared Hon. Tony Alile as the duly elected chairman of the party in the State where he called on the new leadership to be inclusive and adhere strictly to the party’s constitution and the Electoral Act.
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