The crisis rocking the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC) may have led to the end of the over 17 years reign of Raph Nwosu as National Chairman of the party, as the National Executive Committee, (NEC) on Monday inaugurated a Caretaker Committee to steer the affairs of the Party ahead of the 2023 General elections.
This is coming after the expiration of tenure of the former Chairman of the Party, Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu, even as it was reported last week that the long serving chairman was given a one year tenure extension.
Speaking during the inauguration the new caretaker chairman, Senator Patricia Akwashiki stated that the constitution of the Party was supreme adding that all hands must be on deck to ensure that they go into the elections as a united front.
The former Nasarawa senator said her committee has accepted to operate on caretaker bases to ensure smooth running of the affairs of the Party.
She also said, “we will try to go into the elections as a united front, no one person is greater than the Party, we are all part of the Party and ADC is supreme, we should all respect ourselves and act according to what is expected of us.
“The law given to us by NEC, said six weeks and we will try to work and bring peace to the Party in six weeks, we don’t want any crisis in our Party, there is no crisis in the Party, we are all stronger together and we are solidly behind our candidates.”
She assured that the Party will go out campaigning as one and will bring all issues to a peaceful end.
Also, the chairman, ADC State Chairmen Forum, Hon. Kingsley Temitope Ogga, advised Party leaders to get acquainted with other Party members so as to avert any other crisis at any level, adding that distancing themselves could be used against them to cause rancour in the Party.
Members of the Caretaker Committee, who were picked from the six geo political zones included Senator Patricia Akwasheke – Chairman, Kenneth Odion – Secretary, Lady Anglia Johnson Prof. Kabiru Dangogo, Manzo Ibrahim, Hon. Lesanmi Omolayo, Hon. Kingsley Temitope Ogga and Emma Dibia
Ogga in a statement he issued Monday, said the main terms of reference of the new interim leader of the party is to plan and conduct a National Convention to elect substantive national officers within the next six weeks.
It would be recalled that 27 State chairmen of the ADC had, during a NEC meeting of the party on Wednesday last week, called on Nwosu to vacate office following the expiration of his tenure.