The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dumebi Kachikwu, has emerged the party’s 2027 presidential candidate for the faction led by Alhaji Abdulkkadir Mohammed Bashir.
At a national convention held in Abuja on Sunday, the Electoral Committee Chairman and Benue State party chairman, Elias Adikwu, announced Kachikwu’s adoption, which was ratified by delegates.
Bashir, who was newly elected as the party’s national Chairman, presented Kachikwu with the party’s flag, a symbol of his mandate to deliver the party in the forthcoming election.
At the convention, alongside Bashir, other new members of the National Working Committee, NWC, were elected.
Speaking after his adoption, Kachikwu said, “Who is the common man? He is the average citizen, as contrasted with the socio-economic or sociocultural elites.
“The common man is a title most of us will bear at some point in our lives, and for some of their lives, majority of our population bear this affiliation, and it is because of them I stand before you today to say I accept your nomination to be the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress.I thank you.
“The realities of our existence today in Nigeria are well known to us all, and so I will not rehash the many challenges we face as a nation, not only at war, but one plague motivated problems. I’m here today to tell you that even though our leaders have navigated us to the precipice of disaster, we can still reverse it, even though they scam us with their failed promises, yet there is hope for us.
“I’m very clear that I must be in the driver’s seat to make the changes needed in Aso Villa. I understand that mourning and complaining are not enough. It’s a time to sit on this table…”
DAILY POST reports that there are three factions of the African Democratic Congress.
The faction led by former Senate president, David Mark; the faction led by former Deputy National Chairman, Nafiu Bala Gombe and the now the one led by Bashir.