The Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has condemned a new faction of the party.
Recall that some state chairmen of the African Democratic Congress on Tuesday claimed they had taken control of the party following the removal of the David Mark leadership by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The chairmen, who claimed to represent 25 states and were backed by the ADC 2023 Presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, stated that they constituted the National Executive Committee of the ADC and had taken over the party leadership.
As a result, the party has now split into three factions: the David Mark-led coalition bloc, the Nafiu Gombe-led group, and the NEC-backed group supported by Kachikwu under Kingsley Ogga’s leadership. Each faction claims legitimacy and leadership in the party, reflecting the depth of the crisis.
However, speaking during an appearance on Channels Television on Tuesday night, Abdullahi stated that the same forces allegedly working to destabilise the party had instigated some state chairmen against it.
He stated that the new faction is being sponsored by elements of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
“It is the same agenda. They want a situation whereby when we arrive in 2027, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be the only viable contestant. This is the agenda.
“It is the reason they decapitated the PDP and made it an appendage of the ruling party now; it is the reason they destabilize the Labour Party; it is the reason they destroyed NNPP,” he said.
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