Months after leaving the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, veteran journalist Dele Momodu has officially declared his membership in the African Democratic Congress, becoming the newest member of the party.
On Thursday, Dele Momodu, the former presidential candidate announced his ADC membership in Benin City. He also put an end to any doubts about his political aspirations by declaring that he has no interest in running for governor or senator in Edo State, where he was born.
“People have asked me, ‘What do you want? Do you want to be governor or senator?’ No,” he said. “I just want to promote the best interests of our people,” he said.
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“It is hard to imagine the pride I feel at this moment as I undertake my self-led event in DC to pick up the membership card of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, the new opposition coalition in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. This is only the first and most important leg of this political journey.”
Dele Momodu went on to say that his goal in joining the ADC is to free Nigeria from one-party rule.
“My mission in politics is to join hands of fellowship with citizens of like minds to rescue, recover, and reset Nigeria. Nigeria must be rescued from a one-party state and one parliament,” Momodu said.
Dele Momodu said, “It took me a long time, over 30 years, before I could discover my ancestral home,” in reference to his relationship with his ancestors.
“Let me thank one of my fathers who is present here today, Senator Isa Raymond. From the very first day he met me, he adopted me as a child. When I came home for the first time, he coordinated everything.”
Dele Momodu further disclosed that his determination to maintain the welfare of the people at the centre of government and to contribute significantly to Edo’s political development was the driving force behind his decision to join the ADC.
“It took me over 50 years — you won’t believe it — of excruciating hard work and meticulous planning to plant roots for my modest income in the United States . Today, nobody can say I have no roots in the United States. But today, I am standing before you as I firmly reintegrate myself into the political process of my state,” he said.
According to Punch, the proprietor of Ovation Magazine resigned from the PDP in July 2025, citing what he called the party’s takeover by “antidemocratic forces” in a letter to the PDP Ward 4 Chairman in Ihievbe, Owan East Local Government Area, Edo State.
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“My reason is simple and straightforward. Our party has been unarguably hijacked by antidemocratic forces, from within and outside, in broad daylight,” the letter read.
He added, “It is, therefore, honourable to abandon the carcass of the party to them while the majority of us earnestly sign up with the new coalition party known as the African Democratic Congress.”
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