APC Says Atiku’s ADC Move Shows Political Desperation

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed former Vice‑President Atiku Abubakar for joining the African Democratic Congress (ADC), calling the move a sign of deepening desperation.

In a statement, APC spokesman Mogaji Seye Oladejo mocked Atiku’s long record of cing parties and questioned what he still wants at this stage of his career. Oladejo put the matter plainly when he said:

“Atiku’s decision to pick up an ADC membership card at 80 is the perfect climax to a political career defined by ceaseless desperation, chronic restlessness, and an incurable addiction to party-hopping.

“Nigerians are laughing, and rightly so. Because the question writes itself: What exactly is Atiku still looking for at 80?

“Power? Relevance? Closure? Or simply another party to scatter?

“This is a man who has worn more political jerseys than a veteran footballer on a farewell tour; contested presidential elections like a man chasing a debt, not a mandate, abandoned allies, parties, and principles at the slightest inconvenience, spent decades auditioning for a job Nigerians have repeatedly told him he cannot have.”

Oladejo argued that the ADC move is not a bold plan but an act of survival. He described it in sharp terms: “jump into ADC is not a strategy, it is survival. It is not reinvention, it is expiration disguised as relevance. It is not courage, it is panic.”

The spokesman also ed Atiku’s record inside the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying a man who failed to fix his own party cannot claim to fix the nation. He added:

“A man who couldn’t fix PDP wants to fix Nigeria? Please.

“Here is a man who split the PDP into pieces, fought governors, disrespected party elders, weaponised internal chaos, and plunged the party into the worst existential crisis of its life, only to now run away like a burglar leaving a ransacked house.

“And now, at 80 years old, he wants to start again?

“Start what, exactly? Another round of confusion? Another failed presidential bid? Another national distraction?”

The APC called on Nigerians to judge Atiku by his record and not by a new party label. The party said the move will not ce the problems it says he helped create.