2027: ADC crisis deepens as third faction emerges

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The crisis rocking the African Democratic Congress, ADC, took a new turn, yesterday, as a third faction loyal to its 2023 presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, emerged and threw its weight behind the de-recognition of the David Mark-led leadership and Nafiu Gombe camp of the party.

At a briefing in Abuja, the group said it is in total support of the decision of the electoral body to withdraw its recognition of David Mark and its exco in compliance with the decision of the Appeal Court.

The faction, which named Kogi State Chairman of the party, Kingsley Temitope, as its interim national chairman, also disowned factional leader of the party, Nafiu Bala Gombe, saying he did not emerge through any known or credible process to lead the party.

Made up of some state chairmen of the ADC, the faction accused former National Chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Nwosu, of trying to transfer the party to non-members, led by Mark and lauded INEC for quickly distancing itself from the Mark-led group.

Dismissing the faction’s move as opportunistic, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the Senator Mark-led executive, said at the end of the day, the courts will decide.

This was as Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said heavens will not fall if the ADC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were not on the ballot in the 2027 polls.

Meanwhile, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has called for tolerance for opposition parties, warning that Nigeria might be heading towards a dictatorship, if there is no strong opposition in the country.

We dissociate ourselves from Mark, Gombe – Temitope’s faction

At the briefing, the new camp said: “We hereby disassociate ourselves from David Mark and his exco and all the actions taken by him which are not binding on us. We also distance ourselves from the Nafiu Bala Gombe group and all the actions purportedly taken by him.”