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The leadership crisis troubling the African Democratic Congress (ADC) seems to have taken another turn, as a faction of the party led by former presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has announced plans to convene a national convention and constitute an interim leadership to manage the party’s affairs.
Spokesperson of the faction, Norman Obinna, who disclosed this on Tuesday during a media briefing said the former executives of the party had attempted to transfer leadership to people who were not members of the party.
He noted that the decision for the national convention was reached at what he said was an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, in Abuja.
Obinna pointed out that the meeting was attended by state chairmen and other NEC members, and was convened to address the party’s ongoing leadership crisis.
He added that one of the key outcomes of prior Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR, efforts was an agreement that the party would hold a national convention to produce a new leadership, a process he said has yet to be implemented nearly two years later.
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“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 him, the former national leadership under Ralph Nwosu attempted to unlawfully transfer control of the party to individuals who were not members, while also trying to sideline existing state chairmen.
The group disclosed that it had instituted two court cases challenging the legality of those actions, even before the recent position taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Citing what it described as 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 outlined several resolutions reached at the meeting, including a formal disassociation from a rival coalition led by 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.
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