The Cross River State chapter of the African Democratic Congress has rejected the emergence of an interim national caretaker committee.
The party described it as unconstitutional and a threat to the party’s participation in the 2027 general elections.
The State Vice Chairman (Central) and Director of Policy and Strategy of the party, Dr. MacFarlane Ejah, made the position known on Tuesday during a press briefing held at the Ernest Bassey Press Centre in Calabar.
Ejah, said the party in the state was alarmed by what he described as a growing erosion of internal democracy within the ADC at the national level, warning that such actions could jeopardise the party’s credibility and electoral prospects.
He traced the development to a meeting held on July 29, 2025, at the Chelsea Hotel in Abuja, where a group allegedly dissolved the democratically elected National Executive Committee and announced an interim caretaker committee.
Those named in the committee include David Mark as interim national chairman, Rauf Aregbesola as interim national secretary, alongside other members.
According to Ejah, the action contravenes the party’s 2018 constitution, which, he said, does not recognise interim or caretaker leadership at any level.
