ADC Claims Sokoto Government Blocks Campaign Event

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Sokoto State Government of instructing hotels to deny accommodation to its delegates ahead of the presidential campaign flag-off scheduled for Saturday. The party's Presidential Campaign Spokesperson, Dahiru Maishanu, stated that both government-owned and privately-owned hotels had been booked, leaving delegates without rooms from Tuesday through Sunday.

Maishanu condemned the government's actions as irresponsible and an example of executive rascality. He assured that the flag-off would proceed as planned, with attendance from presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and other party leaders.

In response, the APC Youth Vanguards, through Secretary Abdurrasheed Yaqub, labeled the ADC's claims as misleading and politically motivated. They emphasized that a major traditional ceremony on November 1, 2026, involving the turbaning of traditional titleholders by the Sultan of Sokoto, was likely the cause of increased hotel demand, not a political conspiracy against the ADC.