{"id":7116,"date":"2026-11-03T04:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T04:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/adc-south-west-dismisses-crisis-reaffirms-support-for-atiku-businessday-ng-2\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T04:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T04:16:18","slug":"adc-south-west-dismisses-crisis-reaffirms-support-for-atiku-businessday-ng-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/adc-south-west-dismisses-crisis-reaffirms-support-for-atiku-businessday-ng-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC South-West dismisses crisis, reaffirms support for Atiku \u2013 Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) leadership in the South-West has dismissed reports of an internal leadership crisis in the zone, reaffirming its commitment to the party\u2019s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2027 general elections.\n<\/p>\n<p>The zonal leadership, in a statement on Monday, signed by Akin Omole, National Vice Chairman, and the six state chairmen, declared that there was \u201cno rift, division or leadership crisis within ADC South-West.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Read also:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businessday.ng\/politics\/article\/2027-pdp-trains-agents-warns-against-racketeering-double-dealings\/\">2027: PDP trains agents, warns against racketeering, double dealings<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>The leaders also dismissed reports that they held a virtual meeting with Atiku on September 5 to resolve an alleged disagreement, describing the claims as \u201cfalse and fabricated.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>They said a meeting held in Ibadan on September 4 was strictly aimed at strengthening the party\u2019s structures, grassroots mobilisation and electoral strategy across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fully support Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the party\u2019s presidential candidate. We recognise his leadership, political experience and national vision,\u201d the statement said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Read also:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businessday.ng\/politics\/article\/2027-ill-revive-nigerias-four-refineries-if-elected-adebayo\/\">2027: I\u2019ll revive Nigeria\u2019s four refineries if elected \u2013 Adebayo<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>The leaders also expressed confidence in the political coordination of National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, insisting that consultations among stakeholders should not be misconstrued as evidence of disunity.\n<\/p>\n<p>They accused political opponents of promoting divisive narratives to weaken the party, urging members to remain focused on securing victories across the six South-West states.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cADC is united. There is no rift. There is no division. We are working together to deliver the South-West for Atiku Abubakar and all ADC candidates in 2027,\u201d they declared.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bday-read-also\">\n<h4>Related News<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bday-ad bday-ad--gam\" id=\"bday-ad-2\" data-bday-ad=\"\" data-unit=\"bd-body-2\" data-placement=\"below_share_buttons\" data-partner=\"gam\" data-category=\"display\" data-device=\"all\"><span class=\"bday-ad__label\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"bday-google-badges\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=businessday.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/ADC-South-West-dismisses-crisis-reaffirms-support-for-Atiku-\u2013-Businessday-NG-2.jpg\" alt=\"Add BusinessDay as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKQgKIiNDQklTRkFnTWFoQUtEbUoxYzJsdVpYTnpaR0Y1TG01bktBQVAB?hl=en-NG&amp;gl=NG&amp;ceid=NG%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/ADC-South-West-dismisses-crisis-reaffirms-support-for-Atiku-\u2013-Businessday-NG-3.jpg\" alt=\"Follow BusinessDay on Google News\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Businessday NG<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) leadership in the South-West has dismissed reports of an internal leadership crisis in the zone, reaffirming its commitment to the party\u2019s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}