Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has turn out to be the most recent addition to the African Democratic Congress prepare by formally declaring his membership within the celebration months after dumping the opposition Peoples Democratic Celebration.
The previous presidential aspirant declared his ADC membership in Benin Metropolis on Thursday, Momodu whereas placing to mattress doable questions on the place his political ambitions lie by stating that he doesn’t have curiosity in changing into a senator or governor in his hometown, Edo State.
“Folks have requested me, ‘What would you like? Do you wish to be governor or senator?’ No,” he stated. “I simply wish to promote one of the best pursuits of our individuals,” he stated.
“It’s laborious to think about the pleasure I really feel at this second as I undertake my self-led occasion in DC to choose up the membership card of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, the brand new opposition coalition in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. That is solely the primary and most vital leg of this political journey.”
Momodu continued by stating that his mission after becoming a member of the ADC is to rescue Nigeria from one-party dominance.
“My mission in politics is to affix palms of fellowship with residents of like minds to rescue, get better, and reset Nigeria. Nigeria should be rescued from a one-party state and one parliament,” Momodu stated.
Talking on his connection to his ancestral roots, Momodu stated, “It took me a very long time, over 30 years, earlier than I may uncover my ancestral residence.
“Let me thank one in all my fathers who’s current right here in the present day, Senator Isa Raymond. From the very first day he met me, he adopted me as a baby. Once I got here residence for the primary time, he coordinated every little thing.”
Momodu additionally revealed that his transfer to the ADC was pushed by his want to play a significant function in Edo’s political growth and to maintain the individuals’s welfare on the coronary heart of presidency.
“It took me over 50 years — you gained’t imagine it — of excruciating laborious work and meticulous planning to plant roots for my modest revenue in america . Right this moment, no person can say I’ve no roots in america. However in the present day, I’m standing earlier than you as I firmly reintegrate myself into the political technique of my state,” he stated.
Ovation Journal founder introduced his resignation from the PDP in July 2025, citing what he described because the celebration’s hijack by “antidemocratic forces” in a letter addressed to the Chairman of PDP Ward 4 in Ihievbe, Owan East Native Authorities Space of Edo State.
“My purpose is straightforward and easy. Our celebration has been unarguably hijacked by antidemocratic forces, from inside and outdoors, in broad daylight,” the letter learn.
He added, “It’s, due to this fact, honourable to desert the carcass of the celebration to them whereas nearly all of us earnestly enroll with the brand new coalition celebration often called the African Democratic Congress.”