The NWC also appointed former presidential candidate, Dr. Mani Ahmed as the new Board of Trustees (BoT) chairman.
The crisis rocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC) appears to be worsening as the National Working Committee (NWC) suspended 17 State chairmen over what it described as "anti-party activities.”
The NWC also appointed former presidential candidate, Dr. Mani Ahmed as the new Board of Trustees (BoT) chairman.
This was contained in statement issued on Wednesday, signed by the National Chairman and Secretary, Ralph Nwosu and Alhaji Said Abdullahi respectively.
The party further suspended the former National Vice Chairman, North East, Alhaji Ibrahim Manzo from the party.
The party stated categorically that all the members of ‘illegal caretaker committee’ have been suspended by the party.
The NWC statement partly read, “At the emergency NWC and Critical Stakeholders’ Meeting, held at the Global Campus and Transformation Centre of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Tuesday, 6th September, 2022, the following resolutions were proposed and adopted;
“That Dr. Mani Ibrahim Ahmed, the 2015 Presidential Candidate and 2023 Presidential Aspirant of ADC, has been appointed the new Board of Trustees (BOT) Chairman of the party.
“That Alhaji Ibrahim Manzo, former National Vice Chairman, North East is hereby suspended from the party.
“That due to the anti-party activities, act(s)/conducts and utterances aimed to bring the Party into disrepute, attempts to destabilize our great party and undue negative publicity, and various other activities in contravention of Article 15 of our party constitution, the following state chairmen are hereby suspended from the party.”
The suspended State chairmen are: Mr. Kingsley Temitope Oggah (Kogi State); Mr. Kennedy Odion (Edo State); Alhaji Auwal Abba Barde (Gombe State); Mr. Leader Sampson (Rivers State); Mr. Johnny Tovie Derek (Bayelsa State); Mr. Elias Adikwu (Benue State); Alhaji Bello Isiyaku, (Sokoto State); Mallam Muhammed Khala Jidda, (Borno State).
Others are: Mr. Ilesanmi Omolayo Joel (Ekiti State); Mr. Kabiru Hussaini (Jigawa State)
Mr. Patrick Ambut (Kaduna State); Barr. Emmanuel Dibia (Delta State); Clement Ehigiator (FCT); Alhaji Musa Hassan (Niger State);
Alaka Godwin William (Nassarawa State); Hon. Samuel Gyang (Plateau State); and Mr. Bala Suffiayanu (Kebbi State).
SaharaReporters had reported that the party had on Saturday said it had suspended its presidential candidate for the 2023 general election, Dumebi Kachikwu, for what it described as anti-party activities.
The statement had accused the flagbearer of making “defamatory” statements in a video that contravened ADC values and other anti-party activities.