ADC Won’t Allow INEC Derail Convention Plans – Nwosu

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ralph Nwosu, has said the party will continue preparations for its convention and congresses despite the leadership crisis rocking the party.

Nwosu said the ADC would not allow the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to distract it from its programmes ahead of the 2027 general elections.

He stated this on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.

According to him, the party has already begun taking the necessary steps both in court and with INEC, but remains determined to push ahead with its plans.

“We are taking the necessary action both in court and with INEC, but we will not allow INEC to derail any of our programmes. After that malicious INEC release, our chairman and the rest of us sat together and decided to move ahead,” he said.

Nwosu added that the party had duly submitted its programme to INEC in line with the law and got its dates endorsed.

“We submitted our programme to INEC according to the law, and they endorsed it, all the dates were endorsed. By the electoral law, whether they show up or not is their own volition; we have not violated anything,” he said.

The ADC chieftain said the party’s congresses had already commenced and that its national convention, scheduled for the 14th, would still hold.

He said the convention would serve as an avenue to validate all actions already taken by the party.

“The congresses have already started. Our national convention, slated for the 14th, will also go on, where we will validate everything we’ve done. We don’t want opportunists in the ADC; we want mission-driven leaders who have the courage to challenge a bad system,” he added.

Nwosu also said the ADC would continue to notify INEC of its activities, including its planned national convention to pick presidential and general election candidates.

He, however, warned that if the commission refused to accept the notification, the party would make its position public through the media.

“If they don’t accept it, we will publish it to all Nigerian media because they represent the people,” Nwosu said.