ADC warns Nigerians in opposition to pretend membership registration hyperlinks

The African Democratic Congress has warned the general public, occasion members, and supporters in opposition to fraudulent on-line hyperlinks, web sites, and social media accounts falsely claiming to be the occasion’s official membership registration platform.

The occasion mentioned there’s presently no official ADC registration hyperlink or web site open.

All circulating hyperlinks needs to be disregarded, the occasion urged in a Sunday assertion shared through X by its Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi.

“Right now, ADC has not launched any public on-line membership registration hyperlink.

“The occasion is presently engaged on its official registration and verification platform, which can be formally introduced by verified occasion channels in the end,” the assertion learn.

The occasion emphasised that it’ll by no means request funds or delicate private data by unofficial hyperlinks, WhatsApp messages, direct messages, or third-party web sites.

It additionally offered steering to the general public, stating, “Don’t click on on suspicious or unverified hyperlinks. Don’t share unconfirmed registration messages.

“Don’t submit private data, together with identify, cellphone quantity, PVC particulars, BVN, or fee particulars, to any unverified platform. Report any suspicious hyperlinks to the ADC by official occasion communication channels.

“All respectable ADC bulletins, together with the launch of the official membership registration platform, will solely be communicated by verified ADC platforms and formal statements from the occasion management,” the assertion added.

The occasion mentioned it’s actively addressing the problem and can take all mandatory steps to guard the general public and protect the integrity of the occasion.

The alert comes in opposition to a backdrop of recurring scams concentrating on the ADC, notably because the occasion navigates preparations for the 2027 elections.

In July 2025, the ADC equally disowned a pretend listing of state chairmen and cautioned in opposition to unauthorised on-line registration platforms designed to defraud Nigerians.

Abdullahi had said that such schemes had been makes an attempt to swindle unsuspecting people, advising verification by credible occasion sources like his personal account.