2,000 ADC Members Leave Party and Join APC in Kaduna

(ADC. Photo by TheCable)

Over 2,000 members of the ADC in Kaduna State have left their party to join the ruling APC ahead of the 2027 elections.

They cited internal crises, alleged injustice and poor leadership in the opposition coalition.

The group announced the move on Thursday at a press conference at the Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists.

As a symbol of leaving the party, they set fire to T shirts and face caps bearing the ADC logo.

The defectors are led by Ibrahim Khalil Dan Kasa, a former ADC candidate for the Unguwan Sanusi state constituency.

He said their work had been used but never valued.

"We are leaving a place where our sweat was exploited, but our people were never valued or loved," he said.

The group includes members of the El Rufai Boys, the Nasiriyya Youth Movement, former candidates, aspirants and party officials at ward and local government level.

They accused the ADC coalition of shutting out supporters of former governor Nasir El Rufai when handing out tickets, pointing to Kawo and Doka Gabasawa constituencies, where they say qualified aspirants were denied tickets despite strong grassroots support.

They also criticised the campaign of ADC governorship candidate Isa Ashiru, saying it has no clear policy direction or manifesto seven months in.

They said they had expected a full plan for Kaduna but none had been presented.

They also accused some people close to Ashiru of benefiting from El Rufai loyalists' mobilisation while attacking the former governor's legacy.

The group said ward executives and youth organisers were left without logistics, security or welfare support, calling themselves "disposable cannon fodder."

Praising Governor Uba Sani, they said his administration has continued projects started by the previous government, has handled religious, ethnic and political differences well, and has offered young people a real role in governance.

Dan Kasa claimed the administration has completed over 80 per cent of major urban and infrastructure projects begun by its predecessor.

He announced that the group's structure has been dissolved within the ADC and merged into the APC with immediate effect.

He said they will use their networks and digital platforms to back Uba Sani and strengthen the APC.