The African Democratic Congress on Monday dismissed as illegal the convention that produced former presidential candidate Dumebi Kachikwu as the party’s flag bearer for the 2027 presidential election, insisting that there is no faction within the party.
Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja ahead of the declaration of the party’s presidential primary election results on Tuesday, the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the exercise that reportedly produced Kachikwu did not follow due process and lacked the backing of the party’s recognised leadership.
Kachikwu had emerged on Sunday at a gathering of aggrieved party members held at A-Class Garden, Maitama, Abuja, where he was adopted as the ADC consensus presidential candidate for the 2027 polls. He was also the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election.
However, Abdullahi faulted the process, maintaining that the only leadership recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission is the one headed by former Senate President, David Mark, as National Chairman and former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, as National Secretary.
“If we start referring to a group of people who meet in a room to entertain themselves, that is not a good thing. INEC organises elections; this matter went up to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. It affirmed that there’s only one leadership of former Senate President David Mark and former Governor Rauf Aregbesola,” he said.
