{"id":198449,"date":"2026-04-05T21:03:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/omokri-blames-adc-for-inec-deregistration-issues"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:12:45","slug":"omokri-blames-adc-for-inec-deregistration-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-blames-adc-for-inec-deregistration-issues","title":{"rendered":"Omokri Blames ADC for INEC Deregistration Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian ambassador to Mexico, Reno Omokri, has described the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as a professional group of jumpers, stressing that they should take responsibility for their deregistration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.<\/p>\n

Omokri said the David Mark-led faction of ADC caused the current crisis on their own and shouldn\u2019t blame anyone else.<\/p>\n

He made the remark in a statement he tagged: \u201cINEC De-registration: ADC Professional Party Jumpers Have Only Themselves to Blame.\u201d<\/p>\n

Omokri said: \u201cI read the statement from the spokesperson of the David Mark group in the African Democratic Congress who rejected how INEC interpreted the March 12, 2026, Court of Appeal ruling, and I was expecting them to share their own understanding of that judgment.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut nothing came up, which doesn\u2019t make sense. The David Mark group from the ADC clearly caused this disaster on their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they chose to appeal the decision, the David Mark group should follow the Court of Appeals\u2019 ruling, since they are supposed to obey the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrying to stir up public anger against INEC and weaken the election authorities is a risky and desperate action by the David Mark group.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t throw the baby out with the bathwater. And sadly, the current difficult situation the ADC is in wasn\u2019t unexpected.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir shift into the ADC was driven by business interests rather than by a natural sense of democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of blaming the INEC or accusing the All Progressives Congress of controlling the INEC through tele-guidance, the David Mark group from the ADC should understand that they bought a faulty product.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should either fix the problems with what they bought or find a different political party. With elections just ten months away, I don\u2019t think they have enough time to start a new party from scratch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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