Former National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Ralf Nwosu, has officially stepped down, handing over the party’s leadership and presenting its membership card to former Senate President David Mark and ex-Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola. Mark will serve as the interim national chairman, while Aregbesola assumes the role of interim national secretary.
The transition was announced during a high-level gathering of opposition leaders at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.
In attendance were notable figures such as Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Peter Obi of the Labour Party; former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai; and ex-Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
Mark, Aregbesola announced ADC leaders
David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola, both of whom were recently announced as interim leaders of the ADC, were also present at the meeting.
Other prominent attendees included Senator Dino Melaye, former Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalong, media mogul Dele Momodu, Senators Gabriel Suswam and Ireti Kingibe (LP), former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Emeka Ihedioha, and former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd).
A wide array of political actors from the PDP, Labour Party, and Social Democratic Party (SDP) were also at the event.
The opposition coalition resolved to adopt the ADC as their collective political platform to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. David Mark has now severed ties with the PDP to take up his new role within the ADC, while Aregbesola also begins his interim leadership duties.
