A deepening leadership crisis has hit the Delta State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), as stakeholders intensify pressure on the party’s national leadership to formally recognise the James Oghenero Akporero-led State Executive Committee (Exco) as the authentic structure.
At a high-level stakeholders’ meeting in Asaba by representatives of the party’s various blocs unanimously backed Akporero, insisting that his emergence followed a transparent and collectively agreed process.
Party elders and stakeholders present at the press conference on the state of affairs of the party in the state after the congress were 81-year-old Delly Ajufor; Diokpa Christopher Biose; Comrade Preye Perenene, Assistant Publicity Secretary; Comrade Okpara Okwusi John; Emerure Favour; James Akponero and Lady Ejidoh Chinwe, among others.
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The gathering came amid the alleged existence of parallel leadership structures, including a rival Exco led by George Timinimi, both of which are currently under scrutiny by the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
The crisis is widely believed to stem from a fierce struggle for control of the party’s structure ahead of future electoral contests.
Political observers link the division to competing interests aligned with Lauretta Onochie and Great Ogboru, two influential party leaders in the state whose rivalry has reportedly polarised members within the state chapter.
