{"id":173498,"date":"2025-08-11T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adc-gains-800000-members-welcomes-ex-govs-and-leaders"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:58:21","slug":"adc-gains-800000-members-welcomes-ex-govs-and-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/adc-gains-800000-members-welcomes-ex-govs-and-leaders","title":{"rendered":"ADC Gains 800,000 Members Welcomes Ex-Govs and Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Rivers State chapter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, says the party\u2019s membership strength has grown to over 800,000 recently.<\/p>\n<p>Luckyman Egila, who disclosed this at a press conference in Port Harcourt at the weekend, revealed that prominent politicians, including two former governors and federal lawmakers have joined the party.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Rivers State chapter of the ADC \u201cis a beautiful bride\u201d, stating that the party has been \u201creceiving key politicians into its fold\u201d ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>He named Rotimi Amaechi and Celestine Omehia as the two former governors who are now members of the party.<\/p>\n<p>The party spokesman also revealed that Prince Uche Secondus, a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP \u201cis also a member of the ADC\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Egila continued, \u201cThese persons have left their former parties, and they are now full members of the ADC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you can only become a member of a party when you have registered with that party and issued it with a membership card. So all of them are now full members of the ADC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further listed former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Austin Okpara and former Minister of Transport, Dr Abiye Sekibo as members of ADC in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe names I have mentioned are all key politicians in Rivers State, and of course, you can\u2019t write these people off. They are all members of the ADC,\u201d he stated.<\/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. Rivers State chapter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, says the party\u2019s membership strength has grown to over 800,000 recently. Luckyman Egila, who disclosed this at a press conference in Port Harcourt at the weekend, revealed that prominent politicians, including two former governors and federal lawmakers have joined the party. 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