Adamawa 2027: A Defining Test for Binani and the ADC
I find it necessary to make this post considering what is happening in Adamawa and the information I have.
I am not happy about what is happening with Aishatu Binani in the party. It is very obvious that some powerful elements within the party are doing everything they can to make sure she doesn’t get the ticket, and Atiku Abubakar, as the leader, seems helpless and powerless about it.
The truth is, I look at the line up in the ADC, and whether they like it or not, Binani is the only option they have if truly winning the election is what the ADC is after. Any other candidate will be an effort in futility, but it seems like people up the food chain are blind to this reality.
Now, what I want Binani to also understand, if she learned anything in 2023, is that she is not an island. She needs ADC as much as the ADC needs her, I will say it’s 50/50.
That line of thought is what made her lose in 2023. She won the primary and refused to carry along the people she defeated in the primaries, Nuhu Ribadu, Jibrilla Bindow, and the likes, and they came together and did everything they could to frustrate her and make sure she didn’t win. I want her to learn from that experience.
I don’t see how she can win Adamawa Guber in any party that is not ADC or APC, and I believe that’s the truth. She can try, but it will take a miracle to pull it off.
Also, leaving ADC now to contest on another platform will be a dent on her reputation, especially considering that she is from the Northern part of Nigeria, and Adamawa.
2027 is personal to a lot of Northerners, and jumping ship now will say a lot about her. Considering the percentage of people who tag her as a “desperate woman” after the HUDU saga, where she made that very controversial acceptance speech, there are a lot of people who may not want to believe it, but this move will cement that perception if it happens.
Binani is a fighter, and I will advise her to fight this, and she can if she wants to. She should go for the primaries, and if she loses unfairly, the world will see. Then that is when it becomes necessary to leave ADC. Instead of leaving now, she should rather abstain from 2027 than join a new party.
Without her, the ADC will certainly not win, especially if the other option is Bindow.
