The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has disagreed with Peter Obi over his demand to see where the party stood on office sharing, with its spokesman saying zoning ahead of the 2027 election was not an option and he should make up his mind about his relationship with the group.
Obi had on Wednesday expressed concerns that the ADC-led coalition was “faltering” due to unresolved issues around zoning and rotation of key political offices.
Abdullahi said: “We’re not talking about zoning or no zoning now. Nigerians are still waiting for us to tell them what we will do differently.
“So, zoning or no zoning is not on the table now. If that is the condition for Obi to join us, maybe he should wait till that time.
“I understand what Peter has been saying. But I will encourage him to make up his mind if he wants to be part of the coalition or not.
“The most important thing for us is how we can convince Nigerians that we represent the credible alternative, and this is without prejudice to where the candidate will come from.
“For us, we want Peter Obi to join us in building a political party that can reset Nigerian politics and provide a credible alternative.
“But if zoning is the condition on which he continues to assess the coalition, he should probably wait until we get to that point.
“It’s unfortunate that he used a word like unstable, because instability is not contingent on whether we are able to make certain decisions on zoning at this point.
“We are stable. Within five months, we have offices in 27 or 28 states without a single political office holder. That’s a major achievement.
“We want him to be part of our journey. We want him to be part of building the party.”
