Coalition: Ex-ADC National Chair Hands Over, Presents Membership Cards to Mark, Aregbesola
Former national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Ralf Nwosu, has formally handed over and presented the membership card of the party to a former Senate President, David Mark; and a former governor Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, as the interim new national chairman and national secretary, respectively.
Leaders and members of the opposition coalition had converge on the Yar’Dua Centre in Abuja for a meeting.
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi; a former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai; and a former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, are present at the meeting.
Also present are a former Senate President, David Mark; and a former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, who were recent appointed as interim national chairman and national secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Others are a former member of the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye; a former Minister of Youth and Sports; Solomon Dalong; Dele Momodu, Senator Gabriel Suswam; Senator Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP), a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha; and a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd.).
Several other politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the LP are also in attendance.
The opposition coalition adopted the ADC as the platform to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections.
The party had appointed Mark, who has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as its interim national chairman, with Aregbesola appointed as the interim national secretary.
