{"id":1173,"date":"2026-04-08T20:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:37:00","slug":"breaking-david-mark-adc-faction-meets-turaki-led-pdp-leaders-in-abuja-fuels-talk-of-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/breaking-david-mark-adc-faction-meets-turaki-led-pdp-leaders-in-abuja-fuels-talk-of-coalition\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: David Mark ADC Faction Meets Turaki-Led PDP Leaders In Abuja, Fuels Talk Of Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5747.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5747.jpeg 698w, https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5747-300x202.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held a closed-door stakeholders&#8217; meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, fueling intense speculation of a major opposition merger ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting, which comes amid deep-seated leadership crises rocking both parties, featured heavyweights including the former Vice President and current ADC chieftain, Atiku Abubakar, alongside Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the specific agenda of the parley remained shrouded in secrecy, photos shared on the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of the PDP showed a &#8220;united front&#8221; of opposition figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those in attendance were Chief David Mark, the embattled Chairman of a faction of the ADC, and Turaki, who led the PDP delegation. The gathering is seen by political analysts as a strategic move to consolidate opposition forces against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting occurs at a time when the ADC is grappling with a legitimacy battle at the Federal High Court, while the PDP continues to navigate internal friction between its various power blocs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coinciding with the high-level meeting, the David Mark-led faction of the ADC has formally submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding the immediate resignation of its Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party is alleging partisan conduct, gross misconduct, and significant constitutional breaches by the INEC boss. The ADC claims that the commission\u2019s recent administrative bottlenecks, including a refusal to accept party correspondence, are designed to stifle the opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting occurs at a time when the ADC is grappling with a legitimacy battle at the Federal High Court, while the PDP continues to navigate internal friction between its various power blocs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coinciding with the high-level meeting, the David Mark-led faction of the ADC has formally submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding the immediate resignation of its Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party is alleging partisan conduct, gross misconduct, and significant constitutional breaches by the INEC boss. The ADC claims that the commission\u2019s recent administrative bottlenecks, including a refusal to accept party correspondence, are designed to stifle the opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held a closed-door stakeholders&#8217; meeting in Abuja&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1175,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions\/1175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}