Thursday July 03, 2025
By Idorenyin UMOREN
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has officially defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
Oyegun, who led the APC from 2013 to 2018 and played a key role in the party’s rise to power in 2015, joins several other prominent politicians who have recently pitched their tents with the ADC.
Others who have also defected to the ADC include former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami, ex-Governor of Osun State Rauf Aregbesola, former Chief of Air Staff Saddique Abubakar, ex-Edo State Governor Oserheimen Osunbor, former Senate President David Mark, and former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika.
Sources familiar with the development say that Oyegun, along with Atiku Abubakar and Aminu Tambuwal, has been part of the move to adopt the ADC as the main platform for the new opposition front.
The wave of defections is seen as a major shift in the political landscape, with the ADC becoming a growing rallying point for aggrieved political leaders who are distancing themselves from the APC ahead of the next presidential race.