The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Tuesday acknowledged that there isn’t any dispute relating to the registration of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as a member of the get together in Adamawa.
This was disclosed in a press release by ADC Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in Abuja.
Abubakar formally joined the ADC over the weekend, marking a major transfer for the opposition get together forward of the 2027 normal elections.
The Information Company of Nigeria, NAN, stories that Atiku’s registration had sparked controversy, with claims that he didn’t register with a correctly constituted ward govt in Jada 1 Ward, Jada Native Authorities Space of Adamawa.
In a press release, the get together’s Director of Media and Public Affairs, Christopher Okechukwu, asserted that the previous vice-president had not accomplished a sound membership registration with the ADC.
Okechukwu added that the registration course of performed at Jada 1 Ward didn’t contain officers acknowledged by the get together’s nationwide headquarters.
“This registration was performed by people who should not recognised by the ADC’s Nationwide Headquarters and due to this fact lack the authority to register new members.
“We’ve got constantly urged Mr Abubakar to finish his registration with the duly constituted and genuine get together executives in his locality, a step he has but to take,” he had mentioned.
Abdullahi, nevertheless, dismissed the declare, insisting that the person quoted within the report didn’t exist inside information or its management organs.
He warned that amplifying such ‘unauthorised statements’ was able to deceptive the general public and undermining confidence in establishments backed by the get together’s NEC and INEC.
The ADC spokesman cautioned that makes an attempt to weaken opposition events threatened multiparty democracy, urging the media to not allow efforts that would push Nigeria in the direction of one-party state.
“The particular person quoted in that report is unknown to the ADC at any stage and doesn’t exist inside our constructions, registers or management organs.
“The nationwide management of the ADC is just not in any doubt, and nobody authorised to talk for the get together has mentioned something near what was reported.”
“The publication of such unauthorised statements not solely misleads the general public but additionally brings the integrity of the media to query.”
