The African Democratic Congress in Cross River State has raised the alarm over what it described as an attempt to hijack the structure of the party in the state.
This was disclosed on Tuesday during a press briefing in Calabar by the party’s Vice Chairman for the Central Senatorial District, McFarlane Ejah, who represented the state chairman, John Oga, said to be away in Abuja attending to national matters.
Ejah alleged that some individuals who are not recognised members of the party were planning to inaugurate a membership mobilisation, registration, and revalidation committee across the 18 local government areas of the state without the approval of the party leadership.
He described the move as unconstitutional and an affront to the existing leadership structure of the party.
“We condemn in strong terms the actions of individuals who are not members of our party but are attempting to hold meetings in our name. This is morally wrong and democratically unacceptable,” Ejah said.
According to him, the state leadership of the party was neither consulted nor involved in the composition of the alleged committee.
“The composition of the purported committee is alien to the leadership of ADC in Cross River State. The state leadership was not involved in submitting the names published as members of the committee,” he added.
