{"id":167429,"date":"2025-06-26T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/confusion-as-two-ada-political-groups-seek-registration-from-inec"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:24:00","slug":"confusion-as-two-ada-political-groups-seek-registration-from-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/confusion-as-two-ada-political-groups-seek-registration-from-inec","title":{"rendered":"Confusion as two \u2018ADA\u2019 political groups seek registration from INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Two political associations with the same acronym \u2014ADA\u2014are among the 110 groups jostling for official party registration with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n<p>The development has stirred confusion within political circles, raising questions about party identity and strategic positioning in the coming electoral contest.<\/p>\n<p>One of the groups, All Democratic Alliance (ADA), is being promoted by Chief Akin Ricketts. It is believed to be one of the anti-Tinubu coalition\u2019s special purpose vehicles ahead of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>On INEC\u2019s published list, this ADA is number 109.<\/p>\n<p>But right behind it, at number 110, is another ADA: the Advanced Democratic Alliance, with Alhaji Ahmadu Suleiman as its protem chairman and Zipporah Pius Miracles as secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Despite sharing the same acronym, the two groups have completely different leadership and headquarters. Ricketts\u2019 ADA is based at UAC Complex, Samuel Ademulegun Street, Central Business District, Abuja, while Suleiman\u2019s ADA operates from Frandriance Close, off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>With 110 political associations now formally applying for party status, INEC will have its hands full vetting not just the legality of these entities, but also their identities and public clarity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Two political associations with the same acronym \u2014ADA\u2014are among the 110 groups jostling for official party registration with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The development has stirred confusion within political circles, raising questions about party identity and strategic positioning in the coming electoral contest. One of the groups, All Democratic Alliance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":167428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[1570,2140,254],"class_list":["post-167429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Confusion as two \u2018ADA\u2019 political groups seek registration from INEC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/confusion-as-two-ada-political-groups-seek-registration-from-inec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Confusion as two \u2018ADA\u2019 political groups seek registration from INEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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