{"id":82049,"date":"2026-01-23T08:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82049"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:35:50","slug":"adc-why-obi-atiku-amaechi-matter-nwajiuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/23\/adc-why-obi-atiku-amaechi-matter-nwajiuba\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC: Why Obi, Atiku, Amaechi Matter -Nwajiuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says the inclusion of high-profile politicians in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strengthened the party\u2019s profile ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Thursday, Nwajiuba described former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, ex\u2013Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi as trusted political figures whose national reach could position the ADC as a credible alternative to the ruling APC and other opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p>He said their involvement gives the ADC instant visibility and broad appeal across Nigeria\u2019s political landscape, while reflecting a shared commitment to tackling insecurity, economic hardship, and governance challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Nwajiuba\u2019s remarks come as the ADC intensifies efforts to expand its national structure and prepare for competitive primaries ahead of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat Former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says the inclusion of high-profile politicians in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strengthened the party\u2019s profile ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking on Thursday, Nwajiuba described former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, ex\u2013Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former Minister of Transportation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":82050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82049","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82051,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82049\/revisions\/82051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}