Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s pressure group the Coalition for Nigerian Movement (CNM) on Thursday, announced its fusion into African Democratic Congress (ADC).
This was done with a view to forming a formidable force to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2019 poll
A co-convener of CNM, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who made the pronouncement at a world press conference in Abuja, said with this development, the Coalition for Nigerian Movement (CNM), has ceased to exist, having formally collapsed into the political party.
He said, the decision to move into African Democratic Congress, therefore, is an appreciation of the progressive essence of the party and its untainted existence on the terrain of our nation’s politics. The former military administrator of Lagos state, who regretted the worsening state of things in the country, added, “We have said it before and we are stating it here again that the current state of despair and despondency in our dear country is an ill wind. “It is foreboding and can only lead to a conflagration. Between January when CNM was formed and now, can we say that the story of Nigeria has changed for the better? Have things not worsened at all levels?, Oyinlola asked rhetorically.
The former governor of Osun State traced the genesis of the fusion to January this year, when “the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM, was formed by some of us across the country as a political platform to create a new generation of leaders for our country”.
In his remarks, the founding National Chairman of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Chief Ralphs Nwosu, described the fusion as the dawn of great Nigeria project; Leading with the right ethical compass.
ADC is one of the existing parties already registered by the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC)
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