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Forceful takeover of ADC,illegal , can not stand — Hon Abejide vow
Kola Oyelere Kano
A member of House of Representatives representing Yagba East, Yagba West and Mopamuro Federal Constituency, Kogi Stat under the
African Democratic Congress (ADC)Hon Leke Abejide has berated and described what he call
the “forceful takeover” of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of his party by the coalition of politicians led by former President of the Senate, David Mark, as illegal
. Abejide who made this while speaking with press ,said “the coalition to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 election is “bound to collapse”.
He then dissociated himself from the Coalition ADC and called on his supporters to join hands with him to “chase out marauders” from ADC.
Abejide stated that “We shall join hands to chase out political marauders from People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and other parties that have formed a coalition (in ADC).
He however affirmed that as the party’s lone and highest elective office holder, he remains a member of the “original ADC” in Kogi state and at the federal level not what he termed as the “Kangaroo Coalition ADC “with the intent to seize the party”.
“We have been watching their characters since they claimed to have joined ADC as a coalition, it is clear now that they came with a notion to hijack the party structures, suppress original members of the party, and want to use the party to achieve their aims and objectives which is dead on arrival”.
He added that “Their recent activities in Kogi state are a mockery of democracy, those who came through the window and back doors are now claiming to be leaders of ADC in Kogi state. ”
When we were nursing the party and maintaining the structures of the party both at the National level and in Kogi State, where were they?
It is evident that they destroyed their political parties and have come to ADC solely to achieve the same aim. We will not allow them to destroy ADC. On this premise, we shall seek legal actions by approaching the court of law, as the highest member of NEC to challenge the illegality of the so-called Interim National Working Committee”.
Noting that while the normal procedure demands that the NEC meets to consider the resignation of members of the National Working Committee and new ones elected and ratified, in this instance “there was nothing as such at all”.
He added that “everything the so-called coalition has done is a nullity and thereby rejected by the original ADC members in Kogi state. There is going to be a new coalition of ADC, with other parties to support President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office.
For the naysayers, they are only digging their political graves, as you will all go into political oblivion after 2027. We remain the original members of the African Democratic Congress”.
Abejide, a second-term serving lawmaker who represents Yagba East, Yagba West and Mopamuro Federal Constituency, Kogi State, won his elections to the Green Chamber back-to-back in 2019 and 2023 on the platform of the opposition ADC.
He disclosed of meeting with his loyalists which cut across party lines, including ADC, All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from across the three senatorial districts in Kogi State and other parts of Nigeria.
Abejide said the meeting became imperative to clarify his status of party allegiance. Amid recently calls on him by various groups of supporters in Kogi State to join APC and his sustained vocal support for President Bola Tinubu’s reelection in 2027, speculations were rife as to wether he had defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (,APC) or still in the PDP.
He however affirmed that as the party’s lone and highest elective office holder, he remains a member of the “original ADC” in Kogi state and at the federal level not what he termed as the “Kangaroo Coalition ADC “with the intent to seize the party”.
Abejide noted that “We shall join hands to chase out political marauders from People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and other parties that have formed a coalition (in ADC).
“It is evident that they destroyed their political parties and have come to ADC solely to achieve the same aim. We will not allow them to destroy ADC. On this premise, we shall seek legal actions by approaching the court of law, as the highest member of NEC to challenge the illegality of the so-called Interim National Working Committee”.
Noting that while the normal procedure demands that the NEC meets to consider the resignation of members of the National Working Committee and new ones elected and ratified, in this instance “there was nothing as such at all”.
Therefore, he said, “everything the so-called coalition has done is a nullity and thereby rejected by the original ADC members in Kogi state.
There is going to be a new coalition of ADC, with other parties to support President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office. For the naysayers, they are only digging their political graves, as you will all go into political oblivion after 2027. We remain the original members of the African Democratic Congress”.