{"id":71530,"date":"2022-09-03T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/27-state-chairmen-demand-exit-of-adc-national-chairman-nwosu-over-tenure-expiration"},"modified":"2022-09-03T10:51:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T09:51:29","slug":"27-state-chairmen-demand-exit-of-adc-national-chairman-nwosu-over-tenure-expiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/27-state-chairmen-demand-exit-of-adc-national-chairman-nwosu-over-tenure-expiration","title":{"rendered":"27 State Chairmen demand exit of ADC National Chairman, Nwosu over tenure expiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Twenty-seven state chairmen of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, have asked the National Chairman, Ralph Okey Nwosu to vacate office following the expiration of his tenure.<\/p>\n

In what can be described as a mild drama on Wednesday evening at the ADC national secretariat in Abuja, party men demanded the immediate exit of the chairman from office, claiming his tenure had expired according to the party\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

The Chairman of the Kogi State chapter of the party, Kingsley Temitope Ogga, while addressing newsmen shortly after the party\u2019s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Abuja, said Nwosu has been the party\u2019s Chairman for 17 years and has overstayed his tenure.<\/p>\n

Ogga said following the expiration of Nwosu\u2019s tenure in office, a caretaker committee is to be sworn in to pilot the affairs of the party.<\/p>\n

His words, \u201cI\u2019m the one that called for a NEC meeting and I told the chairman, he said it was a welcome idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut to my surprise, before 11am, due to some logistics some of our chairmen can\u2019t fly all the way, some are coming from Sokoto. We now said they should give us time, like two hours, which they did.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time we came, they had locked the door, they didn\u2019t want to allow all the chairmen to come in, they only allowed me to come in and when I saw my other chairmen standing outside, I had to go back and ask them to come in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they even allowed us to get in, there were no seats for the Chairmen. They only gave me a seat, I said I cannot sit down when my chairmen are standing. And I looked at the congregation, I saw people who are not even members of the party, thugs.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked what the chairmen demanded, he said, \u201cWe are standing by our resolution that there\u2019s no way that the NEC has decided the tenure of the National Working Committee, their tenure has expired and should remain dissolved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are asking for is that a caretaker committee be put in place and we give them time, within one month, we conduct national convention. The tenure is expiring on the 28th of this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor good 17 years, he has been the National Chairman and constitutionally, it is not right. We don\u2019t want this party to crumble. They rated us as the third force. But now, the way they are handling this party, they are trying to kill it. Go to Kogi State and ask of ADC, we have a sitting House of Reps member, we have been doing well in our federal constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n

But reacting to the development, the Chairman of ADC, Ralph Okey Nwosu, said the party cannot afford to host another convention, saying that the focus of the party is the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve held the NEC, the NEC meeting has resolved that because of the election coming, we cannot afford to hold another convention at this time for the interest of the party. We now decided to focus on our campaign, we don\u2019t want any fragmentation. And that the convention will come a year after now. The NEC all seated were in support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NEC constitutes the National Working Committee members, the Zonal chairmen and all the national officers. We had a very cordial meeting. You know we are an emerging party, people are scared of our energy, therefore it\u2019s possible that some people are being sponsored.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin the next 48 hours, we will get you intel of how money moved around to disrupt ADC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a major NEC. Before we did our Presidential primaries, we had almost 12 aspirants running under ADC. By the time we finished, it became a big problem. We had to set up a committee upon the committee to start the process of reconciliation, up till now we are still on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nwosu boasted that the party would churn out at least 15 governors, 60 percent of National and State assembly members, as well as getting its Presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu to the Villa.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to run our Presidential, state, National and State Assembly elections without any problems, we believe we are headed for the Villa. Whoever is trying to sponsor anything in this party will fail I can assure you.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can assure you that we are taking our Presidential candidate to the villa and we would take at least 15 governors in this next election and we will deliver 60 percent of national assembly members and 60 percent of State assembly members.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter the people causing problems in ADC, this is our time and we will have it by the grace of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Twenty-seven state chairmen of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, have asked the National Chairman, Ralph Okey Nwosu to vacate office following the expiration of his tenure. 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