The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has revealed its next step after concluding its national convention.
The national convention was held amidst claims of attempts to stop the exercise.
The party at the convention ratified the David Mark-led National Working Committee. The members include: National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola; Deputy National Chairman, North East, Babachir Lawal; and the National Publicity Secretary, Mal. Bolaji Abdullahi, among others
The ADC told Daily Trust that, now that it has concluded the convention, it plans to notify the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and commence preparations for its primaries.
The chairman of the media sub-committee of the convention, Kola Ologbondiyan, said that by holding the convention, the party has fulfilled its part in participating in the 2027 general elections.
He said, “What we would do now is to submit the report, having notified INEC earlier”.
He said it doesn’t matter whether INEC was there to monitor the convention or not, since it had been duly notified.
“The court said we should write our report. The law said you should write your report and send to INEC. It is immaterial whether INEC comes to monitor it or not. All the law said is to serve INEC a notice. Serve them the 21- day notice,” he said.
Sources within the party told the aforementioned publication that after sailing through the national convention, the party had cleared its major hurdle and will now begin work on selecting a presidential candidate.
“Since we now have a national chairman and other officials, it will guide us in deciding who picks the presidential ticket, so we can start campaign”, the source disclosed.