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From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja
Twenty- seven State Chairmen of the African Democratic Party, (ADC), have called on the National Chairman, Chief Ralph Mr Nwosu to tender his resignation from the position saying that,it is unconstitutionally.
Nwosu who had been the Party National Chairman for 17 years running.
During the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held yesterday, in Abuja, the Kogi State Chairman of the Party, Kingsley Temitope Ogga who expressed dissatisfaction over the treatment given to the 27 State Party Chairmen present at the meeting.
Temitope demanded that the National Working Committee, NWC, should remain desolved because their tenure has expired.
He 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. In Kogi State we have a stand and a sitting House of Reps member, we will uphold the Party in this coming elections,” he added.
Also the Party Chairman, Chief Ralph Nwosu said that 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 the friction we had after our 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.
“And that the election for new Chairmanship of the Party will come a year after now. The NEC all seated passed it and so on”.
He added that due to counsel from the Legal adviser, the Party has decided to take certain decisions to enable it clinch power come 2023 General elections.
