{"id":7701,"date":"2025-07-16T07:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T07:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=7701"},"modified":"2025-07-16T07:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T07:38:13","slug":"former-apc-national-chairman-officially-joins-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/07\/16\/former-apc-national-chairman-officially-joins-adc\/","title":{"rendered":"Former APC National Chairman Officially Joins ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<h3>A former national chairman of the\u00a0\u00a0All Progressives Congress APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC).<\/h3>\n<p>Oyegun, a former Edo State Governor, received the membership card of his new party on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" data-ai=\"WzMsMCwiSW5jb250ZW50IDIgLyBNZ2lkIiwiIiw0XQ==\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1304679\" data-uid=\"10896\">\n<div id=\"mgw1304679_10896\">\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div id=\"42a42ee5-6217-11f0-afd2-d404e6774b40\" class=\"mgline teaser-22678536 type-w\" data-i=\"rgm7MyuHFvtHIHtxYmIo5mQIe_ROO3lZK38hpwc_b4r9QHeRCPvB5KHqZTJblprDNoA9t08AQCYm299TVOfbVEEvWKug3D9okQmnpOBcItk*\" data-observing-start=\"0\" data-observing-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"image-with-text\">\n<div class=\"text-elements\">\n<div class=\"text_on_hover\">\n<div class=\"mgtobottom\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"42a42eeb-6217-11f0-afd2-d404e6774b40\" class=\"mgline teaser-22677476 type-w\" data-i=\"rgm7MyuHFvtHIHtxYmIo5rDcdF4JOLmenodXNEi5wvY7xL3F1EG-4DOHlKfCL2JSNoA9t08AQCYm299TVOfbVO2y5NlMuv6dUwULdcYljOM*\" data-observing-start=\"0\" data-observing-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"image-with-text\">\n<div class=\"text-elements\">\n<div class=\"text_on_hover\">\n<div class=\"mgtobottom\">\n<div class=\"mcdomain\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>His membership card was handed to him by the party\u2019s state chairman,\u00a0<strong>Kennedy Odion<\/strong>, after he registered with the ADC in Benin city, the Edo State capital.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the presentation, Odion said the former APC national chairman is not new to the formation of political coalitions.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled Oyegun\u2019s involvement with the formation of a coalition that led to the emergence of the APC in 2013, which eventually ousted the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201c<em>He has put together what is called a coalition before, and he succeeded. So, in mathematics, once you understand the formula, the answer is in view. So, he understands how he did it before, so doing it again is not a difficult task.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo as God may have it, he is not from any other state but from the heartbeat of this nation, Edo State and we are moving the coalition together.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe was the chairman of the implementation committee that decided that ADC would be the platform.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On his part, the former governor said\u00a0the ADC has the interest of Nigerians at heart.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201c<em>We talked to a lot of parties, about seven of them. Up till the very last minute. We made a report and we said ADC. And some said, \u2018No, no, no, you must still talk to this, you must still talk to that.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, we delayed the decision for another fortnight. At the end of our meeting, we still came back. I said, \u2018Yes, what you ask us to do, we have done. 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