ADC NEC formally sacks national chairman, inaugurates caretaker committee

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), on Monday may have formally sacked the party’s national chairman, and proceeded to inaugurate a caretaker committee to run the affairs of the party in the forthcoming general elections.

Chairman of the ADC Forum of State Chairmen, Kingsley Ogga,  inaugurated the caretaker committee in Abuja on Monday.

Ogga explained that the inauguration was necessitated by the expiration of the tenure of the former chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Nwosu, urging the committee to direct the activities of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.

He said that the members of the committee were selected from different parts of the country to ensure geographical spread.

Ogga named some members of the committee to include: Sen. Patricia Akwashiki, Chairperson; Kenneth Odion, Secretary; and Anglia Johnson, member.

The committee chairperson, Akwashiki, promised to work to ensure smooth running of the party.

“We will try to go into the elections as a united front; no one person is greater than the party.

“We are all part of the party and ADC is supreme, we should all respect ourselves and act according to what is expected of us.

“The law given to us by NEC said six weeks and we will try to work and bring peace to the party within the time given to us.

“We don’t want any crisis in our party, there is no crisis in the party, we are all stronger together and we are solidly behind our candidates,’’ she said.