Buhari: APC Shuts Office, ADC Begins 3-day Mourning

All Progressives Congress (APC) has closed its National Secretariat in Abuja in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari who died in a London hospital on Sunday.

Similarly, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has declared a three-day mourning over the former president’s demise in all its chapters and structures, commencing today.

APC national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, said the secretariat would be reopened on Thursday.

Morka urged party faithful to use the period of national mourning for quiet reflection and prayers for the repose of the soul of the departed Nigerian leader.

“The All Progressives Congress (APC) announces the closure of its National Secretariat in Abuja in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.

“As directed by the Acting National Chairman of our great Party, Hon. Bukar Dalori, the Party’s National Secretariat will be closed starting today, Monday, July 14 and will reopen on Thursday, July 17, 2025.

“We urge Party faithful to use this period of national mourning for quiet reflection and prayers for the repose of the soul of our departed leader,” he stated.

On its part, the Interim National Publicity Secretary of ADC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said during its three day mourning period, the party will suspend all political activities and public statements.

He said the imitative was in solemn recognition of President Buhari’s contribution to the Nigerian nation—as citizen, as a soldier, as Military Head of State and as a democratically elected President.
“Regardless of political affiliations, what cannot be denied is that President Buhari served this country with a fierce sense of duty, personal discipline, and conviction. With his force of personal example, Buhari inspired millions across social divides, but especially the poor, who adored and stuck with him throughout his political sojourn and thereafter.”

Meanwhile, ADC noted with regret that his own political party and the government that had done everything in the last two years to tarnish his records, dismantle his legacies and blame him for every one of their failings, are now posturing as the chief mourners at his burial.

“This is sheer hypocrisy and a brazen move to harvest political gains from a national tragedy. We therefore wish to alert the family and loyalists of the late president to be wary of political opportunism.”

The ADC urged Nigerians to remember President Buhari for what he represented at his best: integrity, humility, and a deep commitment to public service. Let his memory be a mirror that reflects the personal ethics that we must continue to demand from leadership for generations to come.