Breaking: ADC faction adopts Dumebi Kachikwu as sole 2027 presidential candidate

• Elects Basir as Chairman, Oggah as BoT Chairman, diversified NWC participants

By Henry Umoru

ABUJA — The African Democratic Congress (ADC) faction led by its 2023 presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has picked him as its sole presidential candidate before the 2027 general elections.

The Electoral Committee Chairman and Benue Roar birthday celebration chairman, Elias Adikwu, announced Kachikwu’s adoption, which became ratified by delegates on the ADC Nationwide Convention held on Sunday at A-Class, Abuja.

The newly elected Nationwide Chairman of the birthday celebration, Alhaji Abdulkadir Mohammed Bashir, supplied Kachikwu with the birthday celebration’s flag, a image of his mandate to ship the birthday celebration in the drawing near near election.

At the convention, alongside Bashir, diversified light participants of the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) had been elected.

The light NWC participants encompass: Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman – Kingsley Oggah (NC); Deputy Nationwide Chairman – Johnny Tovie Derek (SS); Nationwide Secretary – Kennedy O. Odion; Nationwide Treasurer – Dr. Joe Aroh (SS); Nationwide Financial Secretary – Chief Amirigoye (SW); and Nationwide Publicity Secretary – [Insert Name] (SW).

Others are Nationwide Genuine Adviser – Dr. Chris Ugwu (SE); Nationwide Organising Secretary – Elias Adikwu (NC); and Nationwide Chief Whip – Patrick Ambut (NW).

Recall that the Senator David Brand-led ADC held its national convention in Abuja on April 14, 2026. No matter facing inner disputes, litigation, and venue controversies, delegates amended the birthday celebration’s structure and elected the musty Senate President as the substantive Nationwide Chairman.

For the length of that convention, over 1,000 delegates reportedly voted to ratify amendments to the ADC structure and verify Senator Brand as the substantive leader of the NWC.

The Brand-led faction moreover expelled factional chairman Nafiu Bala, alongside Win. Leke Abejide and diversified participants, citing anti-birthday celebration actions for taking inner disputes to court docket.

The convention gathered fundamental political figures all the most effective scheme through birthday celebration traces, including musty Vice President Atiku Abubakar, among others, in a coalition geared toward sturdy the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

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