The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has a fresh interim leadership as State Chairmen step in to lead the party until its national convention.
Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, Don Norman Obinna, Chairman of ADC’s Abia State chapter, said the move was to stop any leadership vacuum from forming.
The new interim National Working Committee (NWC) features: Ogga Temitope Kingsley as National Chairman, Muhammad Khala Jidda as Deputy Chairman, and Odion Kennedy as Secretary.
Others include Kabiru Hussaini as Assistant Secretary, Dr. Charles Idowu as National Organizing Secretary, Johnny Derek as Deputy Organizing Secretary, Stella Chukwuma as Treasurer, and Don Norman Obinna as National Publicity Secretary.
Obinna added that the team will work closely with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to plan the party’s national convention.
“All we are trying to do is save the ADC from extinction,” Obinna said. “We, the State Chairmen, have done so much for the party and we don’t want it to die. The National Executive Committee (NEC) is not aware of the purported congresses taking place today. Most chairmen have dissociated themselves because the NEC did not approve them.”
On claims of outside backing, Obinna shot them down, insisting the group isn’t sponsored by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“This is just propaganda. No one is sponsoring us. We are working to save the ADC so it can participate in the next election. We have nothing to do with the APC.”
