The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Friday suspended its 2023 presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, over alleged anti-party activities.
A statement released on Saturday by the party’s deputy national chairman (Politics), Bamidele Ajadi, said the National Working Committee (NWC) suspended Mr Kachikwu, who was accused of making “defamatory” statements that contradict ADC’s values.
Mr Ajadi described Mr Kachikwu’s alleged action as a sign of “crass irresponsibility, gross indiscipline, disingenuous scandalisation” and an attempt to blackmail the party’s executives into doing his bidding.
“The NWC viewed with great concern the baseless and defamatory video circulated by Mr Kachikwu, which was intended to disparage and impugn the integrity of ADC and its national officers,” Mr Ajadi wrote in the statement.
However, state chairmen of the party told a news conference in Abuja that an NWC whose tenure had elapsed in August could not…
