ADC forge signatures to appoint David Mark as national chairman – Ex-presidential candidate Kachikwu

To facilitate the handover of the African Democratic Congress, ADC to the former Senate President and his ilks, some signatures of the State Chairmen were forged against their will, former presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu has alleged.

He said the opposition coalition which the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is prominent was fraudulently and quickly put together without following due process, declaring the arrangement as worrisome and legally wrong.

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Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Kachikwu, alleged that the fraud was deliberately perpetuated to enable the coalition leaders hijack the ADC, and as they tried to clear legal encumbrances, the former national Chairman of the party, Ralph Nwosu orchestrated forgery of signatures of some State Chairmen which were presented to Court which has been adopted by the Court of Appeal as judgement.

Dumebi said the terms of settlement was entered as judgement in the Court of Appeal of Nigeria holden at Port Harcourt with Appeal No: CA/PH/225/2023 between the ADC, Chief Ralph Nwosu, Engineer Ede Lawrence as appellants and some of the ADC state chairmen as respondents.

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Reacting to claims by Kachikwu, the National Publicity Secretary of the opposition ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi said, forgery and perjury in law is a criminal matter, saying if Dumebi was sure of his claim, he should approach the police.

ADC’s forum of State Chairmen led by Mr Kingsley Temitope Ogga dismissed Kachikwu’s claim, saying no signatures were forged.

He maintained that Chairmen voluntarily signed the settlement agreement in order to strengthen the party ahead of 2027 general election.

CAPITAL POST reports that the African Democratic Congress has been riddled with crisis since it was adopted as platform for coalition which saw notable politicians driving the party to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Continuing, Dumebi presented his own version of forged documents to the press, claiming that the forgery was done out of desperation to hand over the party to Atiku and his team.

“I have here before you terms of settlement entered as judgement in the Court of Appeal of Nigeria holden at Port Harcourt with Appeal No: CA/PH/225/2023 between the ADC, Chief Ralph Nwosu, Engineer Ede Lawrence as appellants and some of the ADC state chairmen as respondents.

“What is the fraud? To use the ADC they needed to free it of all legal encumbrances such as those challenging Ralph Nwosu’s fraudulent claim to the chairmanship of the party and so they forged signatures of some of the chairmen who were not interested in the sale of the party and presented it to the court as terms of settlement which the Court of Appeal adopted as judgement.

“I have here copies of said judgement and international passport copies of the chairmen whose signatures were forged, ladies and gentlemen of the press please compare the signature specimens.

“Our lawyers have dispatched petitions to the appropriate law enforcement agencies on this.”

Kachikwu described former national chairman, Okey Ralph Nwosu’s anointing of David Mark as chairman of the ADC after presenting him with a party membership card as comedic.

He said Nwosu had no legal mandate to anoint or appoint a chairman for the party.

He said Mark’s being addressed as chairman of the ADC was constitutionally impossible.

He added that it was puzzling that Mark was again appointed or anointed as chairman of the ADC at a subsequent National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting after he has been addressed as national chairman earlier.

“Here is the copy of a letter written to INEC on the 29th of July, 2025 wherein the same Ralph Nwosu who weeks before this had presented David Mark to the world as the new chairman of our party is still signing his signature as national Chairman of the ADC.

He added, “These men are following the law to correct their illegalities in full view of Nigerians, INEC and the media but nobody is asking questions because we are supposed to be a nation of anything goes.”

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