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ADC is adopting the consensus method to elect the presidential candidate not the direct primaries because of the cost implications says ADC Spokesperson Bolaji Abdullahi. My own is, I hope the reason you are adopting the consensus method now is not because you guys have seen the number of Obidients registering in the party. I am just thinking aloud please 🤷 In all you people do — give us Obi chikina!

2007 Atiku ran- and lost. 2011 Atiku ran- and lost. 2015 Atiku ran- and lost. 2019 Atiku ran- and lost. 2023 Atiku ran- and lost. 2027 Atiku wants to run- and lose. He doesn’t care whether it’s the turn of the north or the south, he must run. This desperate foolishness and selfishness really needs to end. In 2015, his desperate foolishness is a huge part of why this satanic APC happened. If he stayed with GEJ, maybe APC wouldn’t have won and GEJ may have done a second term and then supported him to be president in 2019. But then again, desperate foolishness at play. In 2023, it was the turn of the South. His desperate foolishness again at play, is why Tinubu happened. This is 2027, it is still the turn of the South, but his desperate foolishness has consumed him, he will run, he will ruin himself and everyone else in the opposition. And when he does this, Tinubu will then likely return not because he deserves to but because we have a perpetually selfish politician who has had no commonsense in 20 years to put the country first and think beyond himself. Even his own son, as I type this, is currently in APC working for Tinubu. Even his own son can see that his father’s desperate foolishness and selfishness for 20years needs to end.

The new lie from the obidient is that the party said it will be consensus. Peter Obi demanded that the ticket should be given to him or he will leave. Peter Obi lack principles. He is always running. Anyways i wish una well.. Lol 😆

Obidients aren’t rushing into the ADC - and that’s not random. The movement around Peter Obi was built on energy, not party structure. Now comes the hard part: converting passion into power. No registration equals weak primary leverage. No structure equals others control the game. Here's the breakdown: It’s not that Obidients aren’t registering as a single, unified group. It’s more that the movement around Peter Obi was never built like a traditional party machine in the first place. The Obidient base emerged as a loose, organic coalition - youth-driven, digitally mobilised, and not deeply tied to party structures. That creates a few friction points with a platform like the ADC. Many Obidients identify more with Obi as a candidate than with any party. Moving en masse into ADC requires formal registration, local structures, ward politics - the very things the movement originally tried to bypass. There’s skepticism about whether ADC is just another old-style political platform with internal power blocs, godfatherism, and elite bargaining. Some supporters worry Obi could lose control of his reform message inside that system. ADC is crowded - names like Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Nasir el-Rufai, Rotimi Amaechi, Aminu Tambuwal and others are in the mix. Until it’s clear Obi will actually secure the ticket, many supporters are hesitant to commit. Winning primaries in Nigeria isn’t about online energy—it’s about delegates, structures, and ground organisation. Obidients haven’t fully transitioned into that kind of machinery yet. So what does this mean for Peter Obi? It weakens his bargaining power inside the ADC if he can’t demonstrate a solid, registered base within the party. And it makes it harder to dominate primaries that depend on party structures. So now he faces a strategic choice: institutionalise the movement by converting supporters into party members, or risk being outmanoeuvred by more traditional politicians. If he succeeds in converting that organic support into a structure, he becomes extremely formidable. If not, he risks repeating 2023 - strong popular energy, but limited control over the political machinery needed to win. This isn’t just about the ADC. It’s a deeper test of whether a movement-driven politics can evolve into a structure-driven victory in Nigeria. If Obidients don’t make that transition, Obi’s biggest strength - his grassroots enthusiasm - could also become his biggest limitation. And you can take that to the bank!

The whole essence of the coalition has been defeated. Good luck to the opposition, and congratulations in advance to Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Did Obi agree to fund the logistics for the direct primary?

The most popular candidate will always win in a direct primary. Peter Obi and Kwankwaso's merger made it easy for PO. Then ADC insisted on a consensus.