Edo ADC gets new executive amidst crisis

By Ozioruva Aliu

BENIN CITY – THE Edo State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) amidst it’s internal crisis elected a new state executive to be less by the newly elected chairman, Tony Alike.

The announcement of the new executive was made by the National Collation Chairman from the National Secretariat of the party, Sem Andrew Uchendu.

This despite an announcement on Friday by a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC), Sen. Rowland Owie that Dr. Nosa Ehima had been elected as the new state chairman pf the party.

Yet the current state chairman of the party, Kennedy Odion who tenure it was gathered would expire on May 19 said he was not aware of any Congress by the party in the state.

Shortly before announcing the results, Sen Uchemdu said he had been in the state for the past three days to supervise the exercise for the unit, ward, local government and state levels and that the “well structured leadership of the party in the state” les by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun had agreed for consensus option for the leaders to emerge.

He announced Alile and 23 others as the elected members of the state leadership of the ADC.

Addressing journalists, Alile said he would be embarking on visitation to leaders of the party to bring everybody together which he started from Odigie-Oyegun’s house.

He said “We will leave here and return to our private meeting. We will be coming out with policy statement in the next few days. But one thing is sure which is paramount in the mind of every Nigeria. The question is, are we happy the way we are today? That is the question and that is where we are coming up with answers. We are going to mobilize Nigerians to say enough is enough, that this country belongs to everybody. It is not a private estate of an individual or group of friends.

“When the nation says we are tired of a bad government, the alternative is the opposition. So we will be unveiling how we intend to actualize that in the next few days, weeks preparatory to the general election which starts in January.”