{"id":172066,"date":"2025-07-31T21:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adamawa-adc-leadership-tussle-inec-affirms-yohanna"},"modified":"2025-07-31T22:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:44:04","slug":"adamawa-adc-leadership-tussle-inec-affirms-yohanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adamawa-adc-leadership-tussle-inec-affirms-yohanna","title":{"rendered":"Adamawa ADC Leadership Tussle INEC Affirms Yohanna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared its position on the leadership tussle in the Adamawa State chapter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, affirming Shehu Yohanna as the authentic chairman.<\/p>\n<p>The commission articulated its perspective in response to a Freedom of Information, FoI, request forwarded to it by the legal firm A.A. Jatau &amp; Co, seeking clarification regarding the legitimate leadership of the party in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to the FoI request, the Legal Services Department of the commission traced Shehu Yohanna\u2019s emergence as the Adamawa ADC chairman and concluded that he was validly chosen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 17th Jan, 2024, the commission\u2019s headquarters received a letter signed by the national chairman and secretary of the party which forwarded the names of five interim\/acting chairmen for some states, Adamawa State included. The letter indicated that Yohanna Shehu is the chairman of the party for the state,\u201d INEC stated.<\/p>\n<p>ADC in Adamawa State has been battling a leadership crisis, with Shehu Yohanna and another individual, Mohammed Mustapha, both claiming to be the party\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute over the party\u2019s leadership intensified in the last two weeks when high-profile indigenes of Adamawa State began to adopt the party as their preferred platform.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023, Aishatu Ahmed Binani; and the state governor under the APC from 2015 to 2019, Senator Jibrilla Bindow, are among the top politicians from the state who have recently joined the party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared its position on the leadership tussle in the Adamawa State chapter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, affirming Shehu Yohanna as the authentic chairman. 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