The crisis rocking the African Democratic Congress deepened on Wednesday as a faction backed by the partyâs 2023 presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, rejected the outcome of the partyâs recent national convention, describing its conveners as âpolitical merchantsâ bent on destabilising the country.
Addressing journalists at a press conference in Abuja, Kachikwu insisted that the convention held in Abuja on Tuesday was conducted in defiance of a subsisting court order and therefore lacks legal standing.
He cited a Federal High Court order issued on April 14, directing all parties to maintain the status quo pending the determination of the suit filed by ADC state chairmen against former Senate President David Mark and other coalition chieftains.
He said, âYesterday, April 14, a Federal High Court in Abuja issued an order in the matter between the state chairmen of the ADC and the David Mark-led gang. The order said maintain status quo ante bellum. This means no congresses or conventions until the matter before the court is adjudicated.
âDespite this order, the nation witnessed these desperate politicians hold a convention in the name of the African Democratic Congress, knowing that it had no locus before the law. Can men who continue to flout court orders mean well for the ADC or Nigeria? The simple answer is no.â
The ADC chieftain dismissed the convention as a âblame game,â where opposition figures competed over criticism of President Bola Tinubu without offering policy alternatives.
He further stated that the groupâs actions were a deliberate act to trigger disorder through what it described as âpolitical gangsterism.â
âThey have one agenda and one agenda only, and that is to instigate a complete breakdown of law and order in the country through political gangsterism. Their mission statement is that if we canât have it, no one else can.
âWhat we all witnessed yesterday was a blame game show where they all tried to outdo each other on who had the harshest words for President Tinubu and the APC government. Nowhere in that whole show of shame did you hear any of them offer one suggestion on what they would do better or differently. Isnât the job of the opposition to counter arguments and proposals?
âThese political merchants are not only clueless but also bereft of ideas. The same way the Pharisees gathered a mob to say give us Barabbas is the way they gathered a mob in 2015 to say, â Give us Buhari. We got Buhari, and for eight years we witnessed a complete grounding of our economy and way of life,â he lamented.
Kachikwuâs remarks underscore the deepening divisions within the ADC, which has been embroiled in a leadership crisis following the coalition of opposition figures ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The party is currently split into three major factions led by Mark, Nafiu Bala Gombe, and Kachikwu, alongside the Kogi State chairman, Kingsley Ogga, each claiming legitimacy.
At the disputed convention held in Abuja, Mark, alongside former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola and other party leaders, warned that President Bola Tinubu would face a tough re-election battle in 2027.
Speaking at the event, the ADC leaders criticised the Tinubu administration over worsening insecurity and economic hardship, arguing that Nigerians were experiencing unprecedented suffering.
Other prominent opposition figures in attendance, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, and former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, also faulted the current security and economic situation, claiming that poverty has worsened under the present government.
The convention, attended by over 3,000 delegates, ratified a National Working Committee led by Mark and adopted a revised party constitution and manifesto.
However, Kachikwuâs faction maintained that any resolutions reached at the gathering remain null and void pending the outcome of the court case, setting the stage for a prolonged legal and political battle over the soul of the ADC.
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