2027 Election: List of ADC Leaders Whose Children Are in APC
- President Bola Tinubu and the APC have been facing a major threat from the coalition movement ahead of the 2027 general election
- The ADC, which was recently adopted by the coalition leaders, have been expressing the confidence of sacking the APC and President Tinubu in 2027
- In this article, Legit.ng examines some ADC leaders whose children are still in the APC
As Nigerians prepare for the 2027 general elections, the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) has been expressing confidence that the coalition movement will sack President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the poll.
However, children of some prominent leaders in the ADC are still card-carrying members of the APC, a development many considered absurd.
Some political observers wondered why the children of the politicians are not following their fathers to their new political bride.
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Below is a list of the ADC leaders whose children are still members of the ADC:
Atiku Abubakar
The former vice president was the pioneer champion of the coalition movement that adopted the ADC as their political platform ahead of the 2027 general election.
Abba Atiku Abubakar, the son of the former vice president, recently resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling APC, in a bid to mobilise for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The former vice president's son also renamed his political group, which he had earlier founded, to Heske Bola Tinubu Organisation. The group was set up in 2022 as Atiku Heske Organisation.
David Mark
David Mark is the national chairman of the coalition party, ADC, and his daughter, Blessing Onuh Mark, a member of the House of Representatives, did not follow her father to the coalition party and remains a member of the APC
The lawmaker representing Otukpo/Ohimini Federal Constituency of Benue State was one of the National Assembly members who endorsed the second-term ambition of President Tinubu in 2025. In 2023, she got re-elected, polling 29,031 votes to defeat her closest opponent, Alex Ogbe of the PDP, who garnered 21,741 votes.
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Nasir El-Rufai
The immediate past governor of Kaduna state is one of the prominent leaders of the coalition party and the ADC, whose son is a member of the House of Representatives, just like David Mark's daughter. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai is the lawmaker representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency and has remained a member of the APC despite his father's vow to unseat the party and President Tinubu in the 2027 election.
This is even as the former governor is facing a series of legal battles with federal government agencies, including the Economic and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
Omotayo Yusuf, a political analyst, told Legit.ng that "For El-Rufai, I think the government plan is to keep him engaged, keep him focused on these issues, while the bigger political game is being played."
APC wins the Kwali area council election
Legit.ng earlier reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Daniel Nuhu, was declared the winner of the Kwali Area Council chairmanship election. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nuhu polled a total of 17,032 votes in the election.
Nuhu secured his victory in the majority of the wards to defeat his closest rival, Haruna Pai of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who garnered 8,575 votes in the election, which was held on Saturday, February 21.
Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
