Checks revealed that today’s elections are an acid test for some political parties fielding candidates and their key gladiators.
One such party is the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which has dominated the political space since it absorbed some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and aggrieved leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) into its fold last July.
All eyes are on some of its prominent figures who have vowed to sink the APC in the next general elections. The list includes former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai; former Osun State governor and interim National Secretary of the ADC, Rauf Aregbesola; and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
In Anambra State, the battle is between APGA and the ADC, as the LP has been excluded from today’s election by INEC. The former LP candidate, embroiled in a war of attrition against the Julius Abure-led LP faction, has since directed his supporters nationwide to vote for ADC candidates.
