{"id":175725,"date":"2025-08-23T12:27:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman"},"modified":"2025-08-23T13:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:51:59","slug":"battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman","title":{"rendered":"Battle for ADC Structure in Abia as Group Suspends Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Some leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Abia State chapter, have suspended the party\u2019s State Chairman, Mr. Don Norman Obinna, over allegations of misconduct and disregard for party principles.<\/p>\n<p>The development was announced during a harmonization meeting of different factions of the party held on Friday at Aba, where the participants suspended Obinna pending investigation into petitions against him.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists on Friday after the meeting, Interim Chairman of the party, Okoroafor Kanu, alleged that Obinna\u2019s leadership style alienated party members.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kanu, the decision to suspend Obinna was reached after deliberation and a motion was passed to set up a disciplinary committee, which he now heads, to investigate the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>However, the suspension has been strongly challenged by some members of the part, including Rev. Blessed Amalambu, ADC\u2019s 2023 House of Assembly candidate for Umuahia North constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Amalambu, who dismissed the process that was used in the suspension as unconstitutional and lacking in credibility, insisted that the panel that suspended the ADC Chairman lacked legal backing.<\/p>\n<p>Another stalwart of the party, who spoke under anonymity, said any plan by external forces to push out original ADC members won\u2019t succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mr Don Norman Obinna during a recent meeting in Umuahia, said he remained the authentic Chairman of ADC in Abia.<\/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. Some leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Abia State chapter, have suspended the party\u2019s State Chairman, Mr. Don Norman Obinna, over allegations of misconduct and disregard for party principles. The development was announced during a harmonization meeting of different factions of the party held on Friday at Aba, where the participants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1208,118,254],"class_list":["post-175725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abia","tag-adc","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>Battle for ADC Structure in Abia as Group Suspends Chairman - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Abia State chapter, have suspended the party\u2019s State Chairman, Mr. ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Battle for ADC Structure in Abia as Group Suspends Chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Abia State chapter, have suspended the party\u2019s State Chairman, Mr. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-23T11:27:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-23T12:51:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755941061.866609.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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Battle for ADC Structure in Abia as Group Suspends Chairman\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-23T11:27:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-23T12:51:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman\"},\"wordCount\":239,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755941061.866609.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abia\",\"ADC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/battle-for-adc-structure-in-abia-as-group-suspends-chairman\",\"name\":\"Battle for ADC Structure in Abia as Group Suspends Chairman - 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