ADC dismisses dissolution of Kano executives

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The Kano State chapter of the African Democratic Congress has dismissed reports claiming that its state executive committee was dissolved and replaced with a caretaker committee by the party’s national leadership.

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Speaking with PUNCH Online on Monday, the Kano State Chairman of the ADC, Musa Ungogo, described the claim as false and unconstitutional, insisting that no such decision had been communicated to the state chapter.

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Ungogo was reacting to a press conference addressed earlier on Monday in Kano by the party’s Deputy National Chairman (North-West), Hajiya Najaatu Mohammed, who announced the dissolution of the state executive and the constitution of a caretaker committee headed by Alhaji Umar Bala.

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However, the state chairman said the purported action lacked constitutional backing and questioned why Kano was singled out.

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“There is no truth in the claim that the Kano State executive has been dissolved. No such decision has been communicated to us by the party’s national leadership,” Ungogo told our correspondent.

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He argued that if the party intended to dissolve state executives, the decision would have affected other states as well rather than Kano alone.

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“There is no similar action taken in any other state. So why Kano? The claim is unfounded and does not follow the party’s constitutional procedures,” he said.

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Ungogo maintained that the Kano State executive remained the party’s authentic leadership and would continue to discharge its responsibilities until a lawful directive was issued by the appropriate organs of the ADC.

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Earlier on Monday, Najaatu had announced the dissolution of the Kano executive during a press conference at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Centre in Kano.

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She said the action was taken in line with the party’s constitution, the Electoral Act and the need to preserve the unity, continuity and constitutional integrity of the ADC in Kano State.

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According to her, the party’s national leadership constituted a caretaker committee to oversee the party’s affairs, appointing Alhaji Umar Bala as chairman and Isma’il Musa as secretary.

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Najaatu urged party members to support the transitional arrangement, insisting that the move should not be interpreted as a verdict on the loyalty or contributions of members who had built the party in the state.

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The conflicting claims have, however, created uncertainty over the leadership of the ADC in Kano, with both the state executive and the newly announced caretaker committee laying claim to the party’s structure in the state.

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