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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Ahead of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) May 25 presidential primary, one of the aspirants, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, has said the exercise would determine whether the opposition party is actually serious about rescuing the country.
Hayatu-Deen, who spoke at a town hall meeting with party stalwarts in the North Central, urged ADC members not to treat the presidential primary as merely an internal affair of the party, but as a decision that could shape the country’s future ahead of the 2027 polls.
The presidential hopeful added that the ADC is facing a defining choice between “serious leadership” and “recycled politics”, and cautioned the opposition party against fielding “a recycled candidate carrying old political burdens and failed ideas”.
He said: “Monday is not merely about selecting a candidate. Monday is about determining whether the ADC is truly serious about rescuing Nigeria and offering Nigerians a credible alternative to the failed politics they have endured for too long.”
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Hayatu-Deen, while positioning himself as the candidate best equipped to win the presidential election for the ADC and unite Nigerians across regions, generations and religious divides, stated that he does not carry any political baggage.
According to him, “I am not on the carousel of the same old faces that Nigerians have seen for decades. I carry no political baggage. I owe no godfathers. What I bring is experience, credibility, integrity, calm leadership, and a practical recovery plan for Nigeria.”
Hayatu-Deen, who solicited the support of party members to emerge as ADC presidential candidate, said the presidential primary will show if the opposition party is serious about becoming an alternative to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The foremost banker decried the worsening insecurity, displacement, unemployment and economic decline affecting communities from Benue and Plateau to Niger, Nasarawa and Kogi states. He described the continued attacks on farming communities as both a humanitarian and economic tragedy, and warned that “a nation cannot prosper when the region that feeds it is bleeding.”
Hayatu-Deen assured that security under his leadership would no longer be treated as a political slogan, but as the first responsibility of government.
