TLDRNews Kachikwu group to hold separate ADC convention amid party crisis What we know A faction of the African Democratic Congress loyal to Dumebi Kachikwu plans to hold a parallel convention on May 24 to elect a presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. The group, supported by several state chairmen, scheduled ward and local government congresses for May 7 and state congresses for May 8. The David Mark-led leadership announced its own presidential primary for May 25, 2026, according to a timetable released by Chinedu Idigo and Bolaji Abdullahi. The Independent National Electoral Commission has set January 16, 2027, for the presidential and National Assembly elections, and February 6, 2027, for governorship and state Houses of Assembly polls. A recent Federal High Court judgment in Abuja, delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, nullified congresses by the David Mark-led faction and restrained them from interfering with elected state executives.
