ADC appoints 2027 primary committees

The Nigeria — African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced key appointments for its presidential and governorship primary committees ahead of the 2027 general elections. Former Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke>>>, will chair the Presidential Screening Committee, while former Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed>>>, will head the Presidential Election Committee. Bolaji Abdullahi>>>, the party's National Publicity Secretary, stated that these committees were formed to ensure transparency, fairness, credibility, and internal democracy in the primary election process. Additionally, the party constituted a Presidential Appeals Committee chaired by Suleiman Usman>>>, and two governorship screening panels chaired by S. E. Aruwa>>> and Justina Abanida>>>, along with two governorship appeal committees chaired by P. I. Oyewole>>> and M. E. Sheriff>>>. In a related development, the Nigeria — African Democratic Congress>>> also condemned the continued detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai>>>, accusing President Bola Tinubu>>> of using state institutions to silence opposition voices and describing Nasir El-Rufai>>> as a 'political prisoner'. The party highlighted alleged denial of medical access and restriction of food delivery for Nasir El-Rufai>>>.