Twenty- seven State Chairmen of the African Democratic Party, ADC, have asked the National Chairman, Chief Ralph Nwosu to tender his resignation.
During the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held today in Abuja, the Kogi State Chairman of the Party, Kingsley Temitope Ogga, who expressed dissatisfaction over the treatment meted on the 27 State Party Chairmen staged a walkout during the meeting.
Ogga stated that the National Working Committee, NWC, should remain dissolved because their tenure has expired.
He also on behalf of the Party Chairmen demanded that a Caretaker Committee be setup to handle the affairs of the Party adding that a National Convention should be held after one month, to allow for fresh elections of a new National Working Committee.
“His tenure is expected to end on the 28th of August, 2022. He has been the Party Chairman for good 17 years and constitutionally it is not even right and we are calling for a vote of no confidence, that is what we want. We have a communique on our demands.
“We don’t want this Party to crumble, we have been rated as the third Party in Nigeria, but the way they are handling it is poor they want to kill the Party. we will uphold the Party in this coming elections,” he added.
On his part, the Party Chairman, Chief Ralph Nwosu said the NEC meeting held, has resolved the issues with the State Party Chairmen.
According to Nwosu, “the NEC resolved that because of the election coming and because of the friction after the last Presidential Primaries, we cannot afford to hold another convention for the interest of the Party. We now decided to focus on our campaign because we don’t want any fragmentation.
He added that the Party has sought counsel from the Legal adviser and has decided to take certain decisions to enable it clinch power come 2023.
There was a heavy presence of security personnel at the party Secretariat.
