{"id":121001,"date":"2025-07-25T17:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=121001"},"modified":"2025-07-25T17:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:50:07","slug":"2027-buharis-aide-onochie-eyes-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2027-buharis-aide-onochie-eyes-adc\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Buhari\u2019s aide, Onochie eyes ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1838630115802372623\" data-legacy-message-id=\"198420594dbc5a0f\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":1fz\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":1g0\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa, Abuja<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie on Thursday met with the Interim National Secretary of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola behind closed doors.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Confirming the meeting on her verified Facebook page, Onochie said that the meeting was focused on national development and strategies to steer the country back on the path of progress.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYesterday, Big Brother and Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and yours truly had a meeting. It was centered around recovering our nation from her captives,\u201d she wrote.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Onochie, a staunch supporter of late President Muhammadu Buhari, previously served as Special Assistant on Social and Digital Media before her appointment as NDDC Board Chairman. Her recent meeting with a key figure in the opposition coalition has elicited some commentaries.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While no additional details were provided regarding the content or outcomes of the meeting, Onochie\u2019s remarks suggest a shared concern over the current state of the nation and a call for collaborative action across political lines.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cGod bless Nigeria,\u201d she added in her post, concluding the update.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the death of former President Buhari, his political supporters including Onochie, Nasir El-Rufai and others, are gradually gravitating towards political obscurity. Buhari was a figure who symbolized political strength and conservative ideals, but his absence leaves a significant vacuum and lack of political cohesion among his supporters.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His loyalists, once united under his personality and influence, now face a struggle for relevance and direction.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The internal dynamics within the All Progressives Congress (APC) have shifted, with newer power blocs gradually sidelining Buhari\u2019s core loyalists. Some are now scrambling to maintain relevance and align with other parties, especially the coalition anchored by the ADC ahead of the 2027 general election.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_1824108401415733629ymail_android_signature\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a id=\"m_1824108401415733629ymail_android_signature_link\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.onelink.me\/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=US_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100002039&amp;af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&amp;af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&amp;af_android_url=https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&amp;listing=search_organize_conquer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mail.onelink.me\/107872968?pid%3Dnativeplacement%26c%3DUS_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature%26af_sub1%3DAcquisition%26af_sub2%3DUS_YMktg%26af_sub3%3D%26af_sub4%3D100002039%26af_sub5%3DC01_Email_Static_%26af_ios_store_cpp%3D0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91%26af_android_url%3Dhttps:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id%3Dcom.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail%26listing%3Dsearch_organize_conquer&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753540985203000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XD9OvFwhx5rp03Hva_gJr\">Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"WhmR8e\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-hash=\"0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ajx\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gA gt acV\">\n<div class=\"gB xu\">\n<div class=\"mVCoBd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ip iq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa, Abuja Former Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie on Thursday met with the Interim National Secretary of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ogbeni Rauf&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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