The crisis in African Democratic Congress (ADC) is exercebating as evidenced with recent suspension of 17 state Chairpersons for alleged anti-party activities and demeaning utterances.
The party also suspended its former national vice-chairman, north-east, Ibrahim Manzo for the same offences.
The worrying development is contained in a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by the ADC national chairman, Ralph Nwosu and its national secretary, Said Abdullahi.
According to the statement, the activities of the suspended persons contravened article 15 of the party’s constitution.
The statement also conveyed the appointment of former presidential aspirant, Mani Ahmed as the chairman of the party’s board of trustees (BoT).
Ahmed emerged as the party’s BoT chairman at the end of an emergency national working committee (NWC) and critical stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday.
The party leadership said replacements would be announced in due time for the suspended officials but urged party candidates, executives and supporters, not to be distracted from the task of winning the 2023 elections.
“The party’s former chairman in Abia was expelled; replacement for the suspended state chairmen will be announced in due course,” the statement noted.
A fortnight ago, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, was suspended from the party.
The party noted in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday that the presidential hopeful was suspended.
Among Kachikwu’s alleged offenses were gross indiscipline and violations of the party’s constitution which include publications and utterances capable of maligning the ADC national officers.
The statement said the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party had chosen to ignore Kachikwu’s previous offences for peace to reign but it could not shy away from his recent misguided and defamatory video circulating the cyberspace, among other infractions.
Kachikwu and 27 state chairpersons had earlier asked Nwosu to resign as the party’s national chairman after 17 years in office.
Kachikwu however, rejected his suspension by the party.
In a statement on Saturday in Abuja, he said that he still remains the presidential candidate of the party. He stated further that Nwosu was responsible for the crack in the party.
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