The factional leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) led by Nafiu Gombe, has cleared 1,657 aspirants to participate in the party’s forthcoming primary elections across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Key Highlights:
- The African Democratic Congress cleared 1,657 aspirants for its upcoming primary elections.
- A total of 1,869 aspirants were screened, while 212 were disqualified.
- Disqualifications were due to irregular documents, membership issues, and non-compliance with party guidelines.
- The screening covered all 36 states and the FCT under committees set up by factional leader Nafiu Gombe.
- Aspirants include candidates for state assemblies, House of Representatives, and Senate seats.
The party also disqualified 212 aspirants over alleged irregularities and failure to comply with stipulated screening requirements.
In a statement issued by Gombe, the ADC said the screening exercise was conducted by committees constituted in all the 36 states and the FCT, in line with the party’s constitution and electoral guidelines.
According to the party’s leadership, the exercise was transparent, credible and conducted in a peaceful atmosphere.
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Gombe said a total of 1,869 aspirants participated in the screening exercise, out of which 1,657 were cleared to contest in the primaries.
He explained that the disqualified aspirants failed to satisfy constitutional and electoral requirements laid down by the party.
“In accordance with the constitution of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the party’s electoral guidelines, the national leadership constituted screening committees across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,” he said.
“These committees were mandated to conduct the screening exercise for all aspirants seeking to contest for elective offices in the forthcoming primary elections.
“The screening process was conducted successfully and in an orderly, cordial atmosphere. A total of 1,869 aspirants presented themselves for the exercise, out of which 1,657 were cleared as qualified to participate in the primaries.”
He said the affected aspirants were disqualified over inconsistencies in their dates of birth, discrepancies in academic records, lack of authentic party membership cards and non-compliance with the party’s guidelines.
Providing a breakdown, Gombe disclosed that 155 out of 980 aspirants seeking state House of Assembly tickets were disqualified.
He added that 50 aspirants for the House of Representatives and seven Senate aspirants also failed the screening exercise.
