The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has stated that the 2023 presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, is now not a member of the occasion and lacks a say within the occasion’s management composition.
The Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the occasion, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this whereas interacting with newsmen on Saturday in Abuja.
DAILY POST remembers that Kachikwu on Thursday blasted the choice of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, to recognise David Mark as ADC nationwide chairman.
He described INEC as irresponsible, including that he by no means had religion within the present management of the electoral physique.
Reacting, Abdullahi stated being a one-time presidential candidate of the ADC doesn’t make Kachikwu the proprietor of the occasion.
“He (Kachikwu) had no enterprise on this dialog. He’s not even a member of the ADC.
“That may be very clear. A one-time presidential candidate of any occasion doesn’t personal the occasion. He doesn’t have a say within the course of the occasion.
“You got the ticket of the occasion to run a selected election. That doesn’t make you a everlasting candidate of the occasion,” Abdullahi stated.
The ADC spokesman additionally slammed Kachikwu for what he referred to as “divisive rhetoric”, and for describing the management of the occasion as “outdated folks”.
In accordance with Abdullahi, the occasion understands that the forces destabilising opposition events will battle the ADC coalition.
