Don’t judge us by results of August 16 by-election — ADC
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has urged the public not to judge it by the outcome of the recent by-elections held across 16 constituencies. DAILY POST reports that the elections were held on Saturday, August 16, to replace lawmakers who died or resigned after the 2023 general elections. Recall that the ADC failed to […] Don’t judge us by results of August 16 by-election — ADC
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has urged the public not to judge it by the outcome of the recent by-elections held across 16 constituencies.
DAILY POST reports that the elections were held on Saturday, August 16, to replace lawmakers who died or resigned after the 2023 general elections.
Recall that the ADC failed to secure any seat after the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, won 12 of the 16 seats across nine states.
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, got two seats in Anambra, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won one seat in Oyo, while the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, claimed one seat in Kano.
Featuring on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday, spokesman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, attributed the party’s performance to the timing of the election and the ADC’s level of preparedness.
“We’ve explained it, we’ve issued a statement, we’ve talked about it several times. For us, the election happened less than a month after we came into the party. Most of the candidates, we didn’t even know, and that’s why we said we cannot judge the ADC by that.
“You’re just talking about us transitioning into establishing our real leadership at this time. So, the by-election that you talked about happened too early in terms of transition for the party. So, we don’t want to be judged by the outcome of that election; there are other elections coming, and we will be ready for those,” he said.
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