In its effort to make the ADC the party to beat come 2027, the African Democratic Congress has inuagurated its interim leadership in Adamawa amid splinter group.
North East zonal vice chairman, Mr. Babachir Lawal maintained that the newly inaugurated leadership was legitimate and had followed due process. He stated that the National Working Committee (NWC) had approved the new structure, and warned that the party would not tolerate acts of indiscipline or defiance.
Babachair who was a former Secretary to Federal Government noted that “the new leadership is the substantive one because due diligence has been followed in line with the constitution of the party”.
”The national chairman of the party Sen David Mark has assured all and sundry that ADC will be governed strictly according to constitutional provisions noting that anyone who disagrees with that has no place in this party”.
While urging members to uphold peace and unity within the ADC he added that “every politician is entitled to be insulted it is our right but it should not affect the way we behave”.
“Let us cooperate with the new committee, that were selected with the guidelines as designed by the founding fathers of the ADC before the merge and this has been authenticated and approved by the National Working Committee”.
“We are sure that what we are doing today is legal, approved, and will serve as the instrument to govern the party in this state,” he said.
The newly selected chairman, Hon. Sadiq Dasin, in his acceptance speech isdescribed his emergence as a child of necessity, noting that his leadership came after repeated attempts to reconcile the Shehu Yohanna and Mustapha Arabi factions failed.
He pledged to restore unity and inclusiveness within the party, promising that women and young people would play a greater role in shaping its future direction.
He said 60 percent of elective positions in the coming congresses will be reserved for women and youth, in recognition of their strategic importance to success of the party.
He also assured that his administration would conduct transparent and credible congresses across wards and local governments in Adamawa.
Those inugrated includes former governor of Adamawa state, Senator Umar Bindow, Senator Ishaku Abbo, Senator Abdulazi Nyako among others
