{"id":173825,"date":"2025-08-12T21:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:50:41","slug":"kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others","title":{"rendered":"Kebbi ADC suspends state chairman, two others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kebbi State has suspended its chairman, Engineer Sufiyanu Bala, along with his deputy, Junaidu Muhammed Mudi, and the state secretary, Hauwa Muhammed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists in Birnin Kebbi, the party\u2019s publicity secretary, Jamilu Muhammed, accused the Sufiyanu-led leadership of making decisions without consulting other executives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe address you today to announce the immediate suspension of Sufiyanu Bala, his deputy, and secretary Hauwa from the party with immediate effect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammed alleged that the suspended leaders allowed Abuja nomadic politicians to dominate the party, a move strongly opposed by the founding members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not, after tailoring the party to its present status, allow Abuja politicians to dominate it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the decision came after an extraordinary meeting of loyal ADC members and stakeholders who have been with the party long before the coming of Abuja impostors.<\/p>\n<p>The party has appointed Abdulrazaq Abubakar Isah Iko as interim chairman and Adamu Aliyu as acting secretary until a new congress is held.<\/p>\n<p>The Kebbi ADC warned the suspended members to stop identifying themselves as party officials or carrying out activities in the party\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>It also condemned political gatherings organised by the suspended officials, saying such actions violate the Electoral Act.<\/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 African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kebbi State has suspended its chairman, Engineer Sufiyanu Bala, along with his deputy, Junaidu Muhammed Mudi, and the state secretary, Hauwa Muhammed. Speaking to journalists in Birnin Kebbi, the party\u2019s publicity secretary, Jamilu Muhammed, accused the Sufiyanu-led leadership of making decisions without consulting other executives. \u201cWe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[118,2329,254],"class_list":["post-173825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-adc","tag-kebbi","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>Kebbi ADC suspends state chairman, two others - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kebbi State has suspended its chairman, Engineer Sufiyanu Bala, along with his ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kebbi ADC suspends state chairman, two others\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kebbi State has suspended its chairman, Engineer Sufiyanu Bala, along with his ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-12T20:36:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-12T21:50:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755022995.414259.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kebbi ADC suspends state chairman, two others\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-12T20:36:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-12T21:50:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755022995.414259.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC\",\"Kebbi\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kebbi-adc-suspends-state-chairman-two-others\",\"name\":\"Kebbi ADC suspends state chairman, two others - 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