ADC cooperated with Accord to defeat APC in Osun - Bolaji Abdullahi

ADC cooperated with Accord to defeat APC in Osun - Bolaji Abdullahi

 Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the
African Democratic Congress (ADC), says his party collaborated with Accord in
the Osun governorship election to prevent the All Progressives Congress (APC)
from winning the poll.

Abdullahi spoke on Trust TV on
Monday while reacting to the ADC’s performance in the August 15 election.

Najeem Salaam, the ADC candidate in the election, garnered
17,180 votes.

Ademola Adeleke, incumbent governor and candidate of Accord,
polled 511,067 votes to defeat his closest rival, Bola Oyebamiji of the
APC, who secured 444,815 votes.

 

‘APC DEFEAT WAS VICTORY FOR US’

Abdullahi said the party had anticipated that opposition
votes would be divided, creating an opportunity for the APC to emerge
victorious.

“We saw the possibility of collaboration. We saw the
possibility earlier enough that if we decided to go full throttle, the
possibility that the opposition would divide the votes and the APC would take
the victory was there,” he said.

 

“And that was why we saw the opportunity to work together,
and that was what happened.”

Abdullahi said the ADC did not regard the poor showing of
its candidate as a failure because the party’s priority was to prevent the APC
from returning to power in the state.

“That is why we can confidently celebrate what is going on
in Osun, because for us, victory means that APC was defeated,” he added.

“So we don’t see the fact that our governorship candidate
did not emerge as an occasion of defeat or failure. The failure, the defeat of
the APC, was a real victory for us.”

 

Asked if the ADC instructed its supporters to vote for
Adeleke, Abdullahi said: “We cooperated with the Accord party.”

He said the decision was supported by the leadership of the
ADC.

‘OPPOSITION CAN DEFEAT APC WHEN UNITED’

Abdullahi said the ADC’s cooperation with Accord is proof
that opposition parties can defeat the ruling APC in the 2027 presidential poll
if they work together.

 

“It’s something that was deliberate, and we are glad that
the outcome has justified the confidence that everyone has put in the process,
and it has proved that the opposition working together can actually defeat this
incumbent, no matter how awesome they are,” he said.

He, however, said the ADC did not intend to claim sole
credit for Adeleke’s victory.

 

“When I say that we are not taking credit, we are saying
that the credit belongs to the people of Osun state,” Abdullahi said.

“The victory belongs to Ademola Adeleke, who, in spite of
all odds, still managed to emerge as the governor of Osun state.”

 

Source: ADC cooperated with Accord to defeat APC in Osun - Bolaji Abdullahi



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