The former governor completed his registration and received
his membership card at the ADC office in U/Sarki Ward, Kaduna State.

El-Rufai’s move marks a significant step in his political
realignment, following his March 10 resignation from the APC. In his
resignation letter at the time, the former Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory said he could no longer remain in a party he believed had drifted
from the principles that guided its formation.

He had accused the APC leadership of abandoning its founding
ideals, warning that the party had become unresponsive to internal concerns and
no longer embodied the progressive values it once championed.

According to him, for two years he persistently raised
issues — both
publicly and behind closed doors — about what
he described as the party’s troubling direction, but his
concerns were repeatedly brushed aside.

El-Rufai, a key figure in the 2013 opposition merger that
produced the APC, said the party had strayed far from its original vision. He
noted that recent developments showed there was little willingness among those
in control of the APC to acknowledge or address what he termed the party’s
“unhealthy” internal climate.

His official move to the ADC signals his next political
chapter, adding weight to the party’s profile in Kaduna State and beyond as
political realignments continue ahead of future elections.