A faction of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, led by Dumebi Kachikwu, has announced plans to hold a national convention and establish an interim leadership to oversee the party’s affairs.
The disclosure was made on Tuesday by the faction’s spokesperson, Norman Obinna, during a media briefing in Abuja following what he described as an emergency National Executive Committee meeting.
Kachikwu was the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections.
Obinna explained that the meeting, attended by state chairmen and other NEC members, was convened to address the party’s ongoing leadership crisis.
He noted that a key outcome of earlier Alternative Dispute Resolution efforts was an agreement for the party to conduct a national convention to produce a new leadership, a decision he said has not been implemented for nearly two years.
“The key outcome of the ADR, which was signed by both parties, was that the ADC would inevitably go into a convention to produce a new leadership. This has not been done for almost two years,” he said.
According to Obinna, the former national leadership under Ralph Nwosu attempted to unlawfully transfer control of the party to individuals who were not members, while also sidelining existing state chairmen.
He added that the faction has already initiated two court cases challenging the legality of those actions, prior to the recent stance taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Citing the absence of a National Working Committee since August 2022, the faction maintained that the NEC remains the highest legitimate authority within the party.
Obinna further outlined resolutions reached at the meeting, including a formal disassociation from a rival coalition involving prominent political figures.
“We dissociate the ADC from David Mark, Rauf Aregbesola, Bolaji Abdullahi and all members of the so-called coalition. All actions taken by them in the name of the ADC are not binding on the party,” he said.
