By Okoi Obono-Obla
Factional Turmoil in the ADC:
On 7 April 2026, another faction of the ADC addressed a televised press conference, pointedly declaring that David Mark, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and their cohorts are not members of the ADC. They proceeded to appoint an interim management committee to run the affairs of the party pending the convening of a national convention to elect substantive national officers.
Most strikingly, they asserted that Ralph Nwosu—whom David Mark’s faction claimed handed over the ADC to them in July 2025—was not the National Chairman of the ADC, by virtue of a judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Honourable Justice Binta Nyako, delivered as far back as 2022. They also maintained that Nafiu Bala Gombe was not the National Deputy Chairman of the ADC, contrary to his claims.
However, they recognized Dumebi Kachikwu as the presidential candidate of the ADC in the 2023 general election and publicly acknowledged his substantial contributions to the growth and development of the party. In sharp contrast, they denounced David Mark’s faction as usurpers—an elitist group of peripatetic politicians who, in their view, lack genuine concern for the masses and are driven instead by megalomania and a desire for personal glorification and aggrandizement.
As it stands, the ADC is fractured into about four distinct factions, all engaged in internecine warfare for the soul of the party at a most inauspicious time, with the 2027 general elections looming large. The party is embroiled in a miasma and maelstrom of significant proportions. Rather than engaging members in consensus-building, dialogue, and reconciliation, its so‑called leaders are pretentiously apportioning blame for its predicament to inappropriate quarters, basking in the hysteria and hoarse rhetoric typical of the Nigerian political social media circuit—where insults, tantrums, and excessive emotional outbursts are often mistaken for popular political support.
Conclusion:
The ADC’s deepening factional crisis underscores the urgent need for genuine reconciliation and internal reform. Without unity and a clear sense of purpose, the party risks irrelevance at a critical juncture in Nigeria’s democratic journey.
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