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ADC Leadership Crisis Deepens As INEC disowns David Mark led Exco

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2025

A fresh leadership crisis has hit the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to recognise the party’s newly constituted caretaker committee, while state chairmen denounced the David Mark-led group as an illegitimate coalition attempting

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David Mark’s alleged hijack of ADC sparks outrage from State Chairmen

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2025

The State Chairmen of African Democratic Congress has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to refuse recognition of a coalition they described as an “unlawful and illegitimate junta”, led by David. Mark. The chairmen further urged Nigerians and civil society organisations to stand against any form of creeping authoritarianism and pressed

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Coalition: Court Asked To Sack Senator Mark-Led Interim Leadership Of ADC

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2025

Three aggrieved members of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, have approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to sack the Senator David Mark-led interim leadership of the party. The plaintiffs- Adeyemi Emmanuel, Ayodeji Victor Tolu and Haruna Ismaila- further challenged the membership of Senator Mark and others who were appointed as interim leaders […]

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Kachikwu Accuses David Mark-Led ADC Faction of Plot to Hand Atiku 2027 Presidential Ticket

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2025

Dumebi Kachikwu, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, has accused a faction of the party led by former Senate President David Mark of scheming to impose former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the coalition’s presidential candidate for 2027. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Kachikwu claimed that […]

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ADC Coalition And Their Military Era ‘Telephone Is Not For The Poor’ Mentality

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2025

By Reno Omokri David Mark is 77 years old, and Rauf Aregbesola is 68. And these are the people who will lead the new coalition party. Can you, as a Nigerian youth, have any hope in such a gerontocratic party, headed by a man who inspired the headline, ‘Telephones Are Not For The Poor’, and […]

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Atiku, David Mark, ex-govs in high-level meeting over anti-Tinubu alliance

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2025

Some top leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently holding a strategic consultation meeting with former President Atiku Abubakar in Abuja ahead of the official unveiling of a coalition. A reliable source at the meeting revealed that these prominent PDP figures come from almost all six geopolitical zones of the country. They are […]