{"id":178840,"date":"2025-09-14T19:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies"},"modified":"2025-09-14T20:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:43:32","slug":"inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies","title":{"rendered":"INEC has not confirmed ADC state leaders \u2013 Party clarifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed a report claiming that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed a list of its state chairmen across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Sunday, the party\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, described the circulating report titled \u201cCoalition Update: INEC Confirms ADC State Chairmen Nationwide\u201d as \u201cfake news\u201d aimed at creating confusion within the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Independent National Electoral Commission, to the best of our knowledge and verification, has issued no such confirmation, neither officially nor unofficially,\u201d Abdullahi said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that choosing and approving state leaders is the party\u2019s internal responsibility, not INEC\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process of constituting and ratifying state leadership within any political party lies squarely within the party\u2019s constitutional prerogative. INEC only recognizes what the party submits through the appropriate channels after due process,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi urged ADC members and the public to ignore the fake list and wait for official communication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe therefore urge our members and stakeholders to remain calm, vigilant, and guided by official communication from the national leadership of the ADC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He reassured supporters that the ADC remains committed to discipline, structure, and internal democracy, adding that any genuine updates on party leadership will be shared through verified platforms.<\/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) has dismissed a report claiming that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed a list of its state chairmen across Nigeria. In a statement on Sunday, the party\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, described the circulating report titled \u201cCoalition Update: INEC Confirms ADC State Chairmen Nationwide\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":178839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[118,251,254],"class_list":["post-178840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adc","tag-inec","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>INEC has not confirmed ADC state leaders \u2013 Party clarifies - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed a report claiming that the Independent National Electoral Commission ...\" \/>\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\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"INEC has not confirmed ADC state leaders \u2013 Party clarifies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed a report claiming that the Independent National Electoral Commission ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-14T18:37:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-14T19:43:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757866596.519859.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\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\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"INEC has not confirmed ADC state leaders \u2013 Party clarifies\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-14T18:37:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-14T19:43:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies\"},\"wordCount\":231,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757866596.519859.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC\",\"INEC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-has-not-confirmed-adc-state-leaders-party-clarifies\",\"name\":\"INEC has not confirmed ADC state leaders \u2013 Party clarifies - 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