Eshioromeh Sebastian
The Adamawa State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is facing an open rebellion, after Senator Ishaku Abbo disavowed a party transition team established under the authority of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
In a statement issued on Monday, Senator Abbo declared he had “withdrawn his support to Sadiq Ibrahim Dasin as Chairman of transition committee of the ADC in Adamawa state.”
This move directly challenges a unification plan advanced by the party’s national figurehead, Atiku Abubakar, just six days earlier.
On 2 December, Atiku had publicly endorsed a dual leadership structure for the state chapter, aimed at ending months of internal disputes.
He backed Shehu Yohanna, a former aide to the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, as the interim state chairman.
Concurrently, Atiku endorsed the Sadiq Dasin-led Transition Team, directing both groups to collaborate to “sturdily plant the ADC in Adamawa.” He expressed elation at the resolution of “all extant issues” and warned of “zero tolerance for all acts of indiscipline and insubordination.”
Senator Abbo’s rejection of this arrangement throws that fragile peace into doubt.
While stating he remains “deeply committed to the coalition movement in Nigeria and in Adamawa state in particular,” he levelled serious allegations against the Dasin team.
“We need a fair and just leadership to plant the party in Adamawa state, not those with vested interests who are seen to be working for particular aspirants and with deep rooted animosity and disrespect against some senior party leaders such as BD Lawal, Binani, Senator Abbo etc”, Abbo wrote on his social media account.
In a clear escalation, the senator instructed his political base to follow his lead. “All my supporters in Adamawa state particular the northern Adamawa state should also withdraw their support,” he stated.
He framed his decision as a strategic necessity, claiming it was “taken in the overall interest of the coalition and its electoral fortune.”
The crisis presents a direct challenge to Atiku Abubakar’s authority within the ADC in his home state and risks undermining the party’s efforts to present a united front as a credible opposition to the ruling PDP in Adamawa.
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