Nigeria, July 30 -- When the African Democratic Congress (ADC) was formally presented to the public on July 2, there was palpable excitement in the air as it was perceived as a possible replacement for the floundering and lacklustre opposition represented by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), whose members have been defecting in droves to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Nigerians waited to see the reenactment of the 2014 merger of three major political parties-Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP)-that formed the APC. That coalition later won the 2015 presidential election that saw the historic unseating of a ruling party in Nigeria....