A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ayekooto Akindele, has said the African Democratic Congress, ADC, is former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s vehicle to truncate southern presidency.

Ayekooto was reacting to remarks by the Obidient Movement that Peter Obi made a wise decision decamping from ADC to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.

He explained that Atiku tried to use the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to get power to return to the North but failed.

Posting on his Facebook page, Ayekooto wrote: “ObiDENTs say Obi is a wise politician by not contesting in the ADC Primary but instead ran away from the party. I disagree with them.

“The most foolish ignorance of any politician is not to know from the beginning that ADC was Atiku’s vehicle to truncate the Southern presidential term.

“It was an arrangement to return power to the North after 8 years of Buhari and 4 years of Tinubu. He had earlier used PDP but failed.

“So, Obi would have been wise if he didn’t join ADC at all. And the most foolish thing he did was to decamp from LP and he ended up in NDC. This clearly shows that Alex Otti is a sensible man and Pita is a foolish man to the core.”

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has suspended, indefinitely, the collation of results of primaries for State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, governorship and presidential tickets in Jigawa State over violence and irregularities.

The Chief Returning Officer, Zaki Ahmed, announced the suspension to journalists at the Tashir Guests Palace in Dutse, the venue of the collation exercise.

Ahmed revealed that unresolved complaints and irregularities made it impossible to continue the collation.

“Results had been received from 19 out of the 27 local government areas, while officials were still awaiting submissions from Auyo, Roni and Kazaure councils,” he disclosed.

According to him, the exercise was marred by serious infractions in several areas.

“There were reports of irregularities and malpractice in some local governments, while Gwaram witnessed threats of violence capable of disrupting the process completely,” Ahmed added.

Socio-political activist, Aisha Yesufu has declared that elections cannot be won through social media propaganda or orchestrated smear campaigns.

Yesufu made the remark in a post on her X handle on Wednesday while addressing members of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, and her supporters ahead of the party’s primaries in the FCT.

According to her, political victory can only be achieved through direct engagement with the electorate based on empathy, compassion and respect.

“Election is not won by social media propaganda nor by an orchestrated smear campaign. Election is won by engaging the electorate one wishes to serve respectfully and with empathy and compassion,” she wrote.

The activist urged registered members of the NDC in the FCT to remain focused on promoting the party and electing candidates capable of representing their interests.

She stated that the era of making political choices out of fear was over, adding that voters must now make decisions based on courage and belief in the principle that “power belongs to the people.”

Yesufu also charged her supporters to continue mobilisation efforts across the 62 wards in the FCT, insisting that her camp was prepared for the primaries.

“To my teeming supporters across the FCT, do not be deterred, continue your ground work across the 62 wards. We are ready to meet them on the primaries ground,” she added.

Repeating her stance, Yesufu asked: “Who is afraid of primaries?”