{"id":49053,"date":"2026-04-13T01:08:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=49053"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:08:59","slug":"ex-presidential-aspirant-hayatu-deen-dumps-pdp-for-adc-channels-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=49053","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Presidential Aspirant Hayatu-Deen Dumps PDP For ADC\u00a0 \u2022 Channels Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Former presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, has defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing growing concerns over insecurity, economic hardship, and what he described as a shrinking democratic space in Nigeria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hayatu-Deen announced his defection in a statement issued on Sunday, saying his decision was driven by the need to align with a political platform capable of delivering meaningful change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many of you, I want a safer, more prosperous future for Nigeria, but the nation faces fundamental problems that are being ignored,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that his initial entry into politics in 2022, when he contested as a PDP presidential aspirant, was motivated by a desire to contribute to national development in what he described as a \u201cwide-open democratic space\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2026\/04\/12\/adamawa-adc-inaugurates-new-executives-despite-court-restraining-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adamawa ADC Inaugurates New Executives Despite Court Restraining Order<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, he noted that the expectations of Nigerians had since been met with \u201cbitter disappointment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why I have taken the decision to join the ADC, which I know is the vehicle for change,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The former banker said Nigerians were increasingly demanding a government focused on addressing key challenges, including insecurity, the rising cost of living, and unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day I hear from people across Nigeria that they want a government that is focused on fixing the problems and delivering a safer and more prosperous future for their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAspirational Nigerians want a steady, calm and credible government alternative that will tackle insecurity, reduce the cost of living, and foster job creation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hayatu-Deen also raised concerns about Nigeria\u2019s democracy, warning that the space for opposition and dissent was narrowing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also deeply concerned about the increasing shrinkage of our democratic space. Voices are being stifled, institutions are under strain, and the space for credible opposition and real choice is being systematically closed. Democracy must offer Nigerians genuine options,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pledging his commitment to the ADC, he said he would work towards the party\u2019s success in the next general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom this day onwards until the 2027 elections, I will campaign relentlessly as a party member to help the ADC win the elections and deliver the better future Nigeria desperately deserves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hayatu-Deen, the former chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, previously contested the PDP presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 elections but later withdrew from the race, citing concerns about the monetisation of the process.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2026\/04\/12\/ex-presidential-aspirant-hayatu-deen-dumps-pdp-for-adc\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Former presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, has defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing growing concerns over insecurity, economic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}