There was therefore no surprise with the alarm, indeed panic, within the APC in June 2025 when the platform of the opposition coalition, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), was to be launched. A few hours before the event, the organisers got a rude shock when the hotel they were to use abruptly cancelled a fully paid reservation. The Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments in Asokoro, Abuja, said they had to cancel the event due to an unspecified “internal compliance matter.” The very late cancellation could only have meant some powerful people wanted to stop the inauguration of the coalition because they were afraid.
The feasibility of a viable opposition coalition, By Jibrin Ibrahim
