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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has urged the public not to judge it by the outcome of the recent by-elections held across 16 constituencies.<\/p>\n

The elections were held on Saturday, August 16, to replace lawmakers who died or resigned after the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n

Recall that the ADC failed to secure any seat after the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, won 12 of the 16 seats across nine states.<\/p>\n

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, got two seats in Anambra, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won one seat in Oyo, while the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, claimed one seat in Kano.<\/p>\n

Featuring on \u2018Politics Today\u2019, a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday, spokesman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, attributed the party\u2019s performance to the timing of the election and the ADC\u2019s level of preparedness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve explained it, we\u2019ve issued a statement, we\u2019ve talked about it several times. For us, the election happened less than a month after we came into the party. Most of the candidates, we didn\u2019t even know, and that\u2019s why we said we cannot judge the ADC by that.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re just talking about us transitioning into establishing our real leadership at this time. So, the by-election that you talked about happened too early in terms of transition for the party. So, we don\u2019t want to be judged by the outcome of that election; there are other elections coming, and we will be ready for those,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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