A former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, on Thursday introduced a factional management of the occasion, naming the Benue State Chairman of the ADC, Elias Adikwu, because the factional Nationwide Chairman.
Talking at a press convention in Abuja, Kachikwu mentioned the choice adopted the controversial dissolution of the ADC Nationwide Government Committee (NEC) by the occasion’s former Nationwide Chairman, Ralph Nwosu, with out the consent or involvement of state chairmen.
He accused Nwosu of sidelining key occasion stakeholders, stressing that the faction he now leads will current its case earlier than the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), the courts, and the Nigerian individuals.
Kachikwu, who was flanked by different state chairmen together with Dr. Etimbuk Eno Umoh (Akwa Ibom), Musa Hassan (Niger), Hon. Alaku Godwin Williams (Nasarawa), and Mohammed Kalla (Borno), reiterated that Elias Adikwu would act because the factional nationwide chairman of the ADC pending additional developments.
When requested about doable choices obtainable to the faction, Kachikwu replied:
“INEC stays the regulator of political events. The courts are nonetheless the final hope of the widespread man. And the Nigerian persons are our witnesses in all that’s taking place. Our case will go earlier than these three.”
On Adikwu’s position as factional chairman, he mentioned, “We’ve got Elias Adikwu from Benue State, who’s heading the chairmen right here and can act because the nationwide chairman of this faction.”
Kachikwu additional vowed to “rescue the occasion” from the affect of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President David Mark, and others.
It will be recalled that on Wednesday, Ralph Nwosu introduced the dissolution of the NEC and launched former Senate President David Mark because the appearing Nationwide Chairman, whereas former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, was named as appearing Nationwide Secretary.
Criticizing the adoption of Mark as interim chairman, Kachikwu mentioned:
“The entire world noticed what occurred yesterday. A person was named interim chairman and was given his membership card on the spot. How does that make sense in a democratic occasion? You make somebody a member and concurrently appoint him as interim chairman?”
The event underscores a deepening inside disaster inside the ADC, with implications for its future construction and potential alliances forward of the 2027 normal elections.
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