Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)

{{Short description|Defunct Nigerian political party}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Alliance for Democracy

| logo =

| colorcode = #186315

| chairman = Chief Joseph Avazi

| secretary_general = Hon.Akin Fasogbon

| foundation = {{start date|1998}}

| ideology = Progressivism

| headquarters = No. 7 Kwali Close Area 8 Garki, Abuja

| website =

| country = Nigeria

| colours = Green, white and red

| flag = 150px

}}

{{Politics of Nigeria}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Alliance for Democracy {{!}} Post-Independence Nigerian Party Politics |url=https://nigerianscholars.com/tutorials/nigerian-party-politics/alliance-for-democracy/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Nigerian Scholars |language=en-US}} 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 businessman and tycoon.

In 2007, Chief Dr. Christopher Ajuwa, from the Niger Delta region, ran for the of President of Nigeria under the AD.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=144299|title = Our Campaigns – Candidate – Christopher Pere Ajuwa}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/PartyDetail.html?PartyID=3174|title = Our Campaigns – Political Party – Alliance for Democracy (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.{{Cite web |title=Alliance for Democracy {{!}} Post-Independence Nigerian Party Politics |url=https://nigerianscholars.com/tutorials/nigerian-party-politics/alliance-for-democracy/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Nigerian Scholars |language=en-US}}