In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, May 10, 2026, the National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, struck a careful but pointed tone in addressing Peter Obi’s departure from the party, making clear that while Obi owed no one a formal explanation for leaving, he had no right to rewrite history in a way that misrepresented the significant privileges he had enjoyed within the party structure.
Abdullahi was measured in his opening, acknowledging that Obi’s decision to exit was entirely within his rights. “Peter Obi does not owe us any explanation on why he’s leaving the party,” he said graciously.
However, he drew a firm line at what he described as statements that stretched the truth and invited scrutiny from those who knew better. “He should not say things that would make people like us, who know the truth, to challenge his credibility,” he warned.
Abdullahi then produced what he considered concrete evidence of the extraordinary access and influence Obi had been granted within the ADC. “Who is the National Organising Secretary of ADC today? Peter Obi brought him,” he revealed, before underlining just how significant that placement was.
“As you know, the National Organising Secretary of a party is the engine of the party,” he noted, emphasising that this was not a minor or ceremonial position.
He stressed that such a privilege had not been extended to any of the other prominent leaders within the coalition. “That opportunity was not given to any other of the leaders,” he said, before adding that Obi’s influence over party appointments had gone even further.
“There are other key positions in the party that were given to him,” Abdullahi concluded, painting a picture of a man who had been treated as a first among equals — and who, in his view, should acknowledge that rather than obscure it….Read_More…