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Malam Danladi Yau’s insistence that he continue to serve as the legitimate chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Gombe State has exacerbated the party’s leadership problem.

Yau denied assertions made by Alhaji Auwal Abba Barde, who has persisted in presenting himself as the party’s chairman, in an interview with reporters just after the State Executive Council meeting in Gombe last Friday.

“I am the authentic chairman of the ADC in Gombe State, recognised by INEC. Anybody parading himself as chairman is fake. Barde was expelled in 2022, so how can he still claim leadership,” Yau said.

In December 2022, he submitted himself to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the state’s acting chairman, along with a letter of appointment and introduction from the ADC National Working Committee.

Barde had earlier announced the dismissal of Yau as state secretary along with the deputy chairman and youth leader. Yau’s comments followed Barde’s counter-announcement.

Some state officials have remained faithful to Barde despite the national leadership suspending him in September 2022 for alleged anti-party conduct.

Yau claims that after fulfilling the two four-year terms allowed by the constitution, Barde’s term as chairman ended in 2019.

He maintained that Barde’s ongoing assertion of leadership was unlawful and detrimental to the party’s reputation.

Yau pledged allegiance to the ADC’s David Mark-led national leadership and declared that the party would start registering new members in all 114 Gombe State wards as part of an attempt to fortify the party before the general elections in 2027.

“The ADC under my leadership is working to rescue Nigeria from APC-induced hardship. With unity, mobilisation, and commitment, we can give Nigerians the alternative they deserve,” he added.

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