A promoter of the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), Umar Ardo, has asserted that the departure of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, from the committee set up to process ADA’s registration should not halt the initial plan.
Naija News reports that Ardo, while fielding questions on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Wednesday, said Amaechi chaired the committee set up to process ADA’s registration, while Atiku nominated a representative to serve on the committee.
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Ardo claimed that the idea to register the ADA originated with him and that he strongly pushed it within the opposition coalition, but the situation changed when members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition lost interest in the new party.
According to him, the committee agreed on the plan and subsequently submitted an application to register the ADA to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), but Amaechi left to align with the ADC after indicating interest in contesting the presidency on its platform.
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Ardo noted that despite the departure of Atiku and Amaechi, the ADA promoters proceeded to replace the affected committee members and resubmit the necessary documents.
He said, “Who were those in it? Rotimi Amaechi, who nominated one of his guys as chairman. Then former Vice President Atiku, who nominated one of his people as secretary in our committee. I was the secretary of that committee and Rotimi Amaechi was the chairman of that committee. We agreed, and then we moved in and made the application.
“And I want you to know that the idea of the registration of the ADA was mine, and I pushed it very forcefully, you know, to the to the coalition.
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“So when the coalition came and said they are no longer interested in it, Amaechi moved in. And when I said he was going to contest for President in ADC, then the chairman himself went to register in ADC in his own hometown in Cross River state. Then the Secretary was appointed, not only moved to the ADC, but he was also appointed as a deputy national chairman (North central- diaspora).
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