Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)

Defunct Nigerian political party

Alliance for Democracy
Chairman	Chief Joseph Avazi
Secretary-General	Hon.Akin Fasogbon
Founded	1998 (1998)
Headquarters	No. 7 Kwali Close Area 8 Garki, Abuja
Ideology	Progressivism
Colours	Green, white and red
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The Alliance for Democracy is a progressive opposition political party in Nigeria. It was formed on 9 September 1998. At the 2003 legislative elections, the party won 8.8% of the popular vote and 34 out of 360 seats in the Nigerian House of Representatives and 18 out of 109 seats in the Nigerian Senate. The party was reportedly formed to shore up the stake of the Yoruba people in the Nigerian federation following the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election widely believed to have been won by Chief M. K. O. Abiola, a Yoruba multi-millionaire businessman.

In 2007, Chief Dr. Christopher Ajuwa, from the Niger Delta region, ran for the of President of Nigeria under the AD.

The party was embroiled in a leadership tussle between Mojisola Akinfenwa and Adebisi Akande, which lingered until September 2006 when the 'Bisi Akande faction merged with other opposition parties to form the Action Congress party.

References

"Alliance for Democracy | Post-Independence Nigerian Party Politics". Nigerian Scholars. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
"Our Campaigns - Candidate - Christopher Pere Ajuwa".
"Our Campaigns - Political Party - Alliance for Democracy (AD)".
"Alliance for Democracy | Post-Independence Nigerian Party Politics". Nigerian Scholars. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

External links

Alliance for Democracy (on the Internet Archive)
Alliance for Democracy USA, overseas chapter in the United States
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Larger	African Democratic Congress All Progressives Grand Alliance New Nigeria Peoples Party Social Democratic Party Young Progressives Party
Smaller	Accord Action Alliance Action Democratic Party Action Peoples Party African Action Congress Boot Party National Rescue Movement People's Redemption Party Zenith Labour Party

Defunct major parties

First Republic	Action Group Kano People's Party National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons Nigerian National Democratic Party Northern Elements Progressive Union Northern People's Congress United Middle Belt Congress
Second Republic	Great Nigeria People's Party National Party of Nigeria Nigeria Advance Party Nigerian People's Party People's Redemption Party Unity Party of Nigeria
Third Republic	National Republican Convention Social Democratic Party
Abacha-era	Congress for National Consensus Democratic Party of Nigeria Grassroots Democratic Movement National Centre Party of Nigeria National Democratic Coalition United Nigeria Congress Party
Fourth Republic	Action Congress of Nigeria All Nigeria Peoples Party All People's Party Alliance for Democracy Congress for Progressive Change

Won at least one seat in the 2023 National Assembly election
Did not win any seats in the 2023 National Assembly election or did not exist

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