{"id":81436,"date":"2026-01-12T01:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81436"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:04:16","slug":"south-east-adc-group-faults-apc-endorsement-of-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/12\/south-east-adc-group-faults-apc-endorsement-of-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"South-East ADC Group Faults APC Endorsement of Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A support group of the African Democratic Congress, ADC Like-Minds, has condemned the endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term by All Progressives Congress stakeholders in the South-East, describing the move as disconnected from the region\u2019s realities.<\/p>\n<p>APC leaders in the zone had endorsed Tinubu at a stakeholders meeting in Enugu on Saturday, pledging bloc votes for his 2027 re-election bid.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the National Coordinator of ADC Like-Minds and former APC deputy chairman in Enugu State, Comrade Adolphus Ude, accused South-East APC governors and leaders of pursuing personal interests rather than the welfare of the Igbo people.<\/p>\n<p>Ude said there was little justification for endorsing Tinubu, alleging continued marginalisation of the South-East in infrastructure development, political appointments and federal allocations.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the endorsement ignored the economic hardship and lingering effects of post-2023 election unrest on residents.<\/p>\n<p>APC spokesmen and South-East governors have, however, defended the endorsement, describing it as a strategic move aimed at deepening the region\u2019s inclusion in national politics and governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat A support group of the African Democratic Congress, ADC Like-Minds, has condemned the endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term by All Progressives Congress stakeholders in the South-East, describing the move as disconnected from the region\u2019s realities. APC leaders in the zone had endorsed Tinubu at a stakeholders meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81438,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81436\/revisions\/81438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}