The African Democratic Congress (ADC) National Working Committee (NWC), led by Chief Ralph Nwosu, has suspended 17 state chairmen for what it calls anti-party activities.
On Wednesday, the party suspended former National Vice Chairman, North East, Alhaji Ibrahim Manzo from the party in a statement jointly signed by its National Chairman, Nwosu, and the National Secretary, Alhaji Said Abdullahi.
The party also announced that Dr Mani Ahmed, the party’s former presidential candidate, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT).
The party stated unequivocally that all members of the ‘illegal caretaker committee’ had been suspended.
The statement reads: “At the emergency NWC and Critical Stakeholders’ Meeting, held at the Global Campus and Transformation Center of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Tuesday, 6th September 2022, the following resolutions were proposed and adopted:
“That Dr Mani Ibrahim Ahmed, the 2015 Presidential Candidate and 2023 Presidential Aspirant of ADC, has been appointed the new Board of Trustees (BOT) Chairman of the party.
“That Alhaji Ibrahim Manzo, former National Vice Chairman, North East is hereby suspended from the party.
“That due to the anti-party activities, act(s)/conducts and utterances aimed to bring the Party into disrepute, attempts to destabilize our great party and undue negative publicity, and various other activities in contravention of Article 15 of our party constitution, the following state chairmen are hereby suspended from the party.”
The suspended State chairmen are Mr Kingsley Temitope Oggah (Kogi State); Mr Kennedy Odion (Edo State); Alhaji Auwal Abba Barde (Gombe State); Mr Leader Sampson (Rivers State); Mr Johnny Tovie Derek (Bayelsa State); Mr Elias Adikwu (Benue State); Alhaji Bello Isiyaku, (Sokoto State); Mallam Muhammed Khala Jidda, (Borno State).
Others are: Mr Ilesanmi Omolayo Joel (Ekiti State); Mr Kabiru Hussaini (Jigawa State)
Mr. Patrick Ambut (Kaduna State); Barr. Emmanuel Dibia (Delta State); Clement Ehigiator (FCT); Alhaji Musa Hassan (Niger State);
Alaka Godwin William (Nassarawa State); Hon. Samuel Gyang (Plateau State); and Mr. Bala Suffiayanu (Kebbi State).
The party stressed that the replacements of the suspended chairmen would be announced in due course.
The party also announced the expulsion of the former Abia State Chairman, Mr. Don Norman from the party.
The party urged all Wards, LGAs and States Executives to continue structuring the party at the grassroots for campaign take-off.
It also encouraged all candidates not to be distracted by the rather unfortunate activities of the agents trying to distract the party but focus on the planning, contact and mobilization and structuring of their electioneering campaign.
The party also invited all National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) Candidates to the Party’s headquarters for the collection of their certificates of return on Monday, 12th September 2022.
