STORIES BY MBACHU GODWIN, ABUJA
Former Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2023 general election, Mr. Dumebi Kachukwu has hailed the Federal High Court, Abuja, judgment voiding the Congress conducted by the Sen. David Mark-led executives , describing it as a win for democracy.
In a statement Wednesday in Abuja, Kachukwu urged the members of his party to be vigilant and remain focused.
He described the David Mark lead executives as people who came from the back door to hijack and destabilize the party.
The Statement reads “Dear ADC family and friends,
Today, a Federal High Court in Maitama nullified the kangaroo congresses and convention conducted by the David Mark-led group. In her judgment which could be classified as a stinging rebuke, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik held that even though this group didn’t have any locus, they proceeded to conduct in her own words “kangaroo congresses and convention” which she proceeded to nullify.
She also held that with the lacuna within the leadership of the ADC, the state chairmen of the party who make up the NEC of the party are the rightful body to conduct a national convention and congresses at the different levels and that INEC should recognise them as such.
“I had long warned that the African Democratic Congress is not for sale and that these political buccaneers would be shown the way out through the same back door they came in from.
With this judgment, it has become clear that these desperados who attempted to hijack our party have failed woefully. We are aware that they are shopping for other parties to destroy and wish them bon voyage.
To our party faithful, I urge you to remain vigilant. The battle is not over until it is over. The ADC will be in next year’s ballot and any Nigerian who genuinely desires to salvage Nigeria should see the ADC as a ready home. We shall overcome. Thank you and God bless.
