Kogi federal lawmaker, Abejide dumps ADC over party crisis

A member of the House of Representatives representing Yagba Federal Constituency in Kogi State, Leke Abejide, has resigned from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) amid the party’s internal crisis.

Mr Abejide disclosed during a press conference in Abuja on Friday, following the Supreme Court judgement that reinstated the David Mark-led leadership on Thursday.

“I joined ADC, nurtured it to national recognition as a political party with representation in both national and state assemblies.

“The party structure was funded by me as the then national leader of the party, which I have willingly relinquished to the current national chairman, Honourable Nafiu Bala Gombe, and I wish him good luck as he continues to fight for his rights in court.

“I have decided to change the broken bricks in the ADC and become a cornerstone in a better political party with a strong structure that will benefit my people,” Mr Abejide said.

The lawmaker, who won his seat in 2019 and 2023 on the ADC platform, alleged that David Mark and other members of an opposition coalition hijacked the party.

“It is a painful decision but necessary to save my political future from those who came to destroy my former political party that I laboured hard to nurture and loved dearly,” he said.

He said that amid the crisis in the ADC, his lawyers advised him to leave the party to safeguard his political future which he has since complied with.

Mr Abejide, however, declined to disclose his next political party.

“You will know any moment from now where I am heading to. Maybe by the time I obtain my form, it will be clear to you,” the lawmaker said.