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ADC Youths Call on Atiku to Intervene Over Allegations of Injustice in Primary Elections, Demand Resignation of David Mark

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;4 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"uhhPTzYh" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"MwMwbv5A" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The National Youth Wing of the African Democratic Congress &lpar;ADC&rpar; has demanded the immediate resignation of the party’s National Chairman&comma; Senator David Mark&comma; and National Secretary&comma; Rauf Aregbesola&comma; over allegations of injustice and bias in party affairs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The youths made the demand during a press conference addressed by the ADC National Youth Leader&comma; Balarabe Rufa’i&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"d1isecKK" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>They accused the leadership of Mark and Aregbesola of failing to uphold fairness and internal democracy&period; According to them&comma; the party leadership has resorted to favoritism by dropping candidates who won primaries and substituting them with individuals who did not participate in the process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They said the problem is most visible in Kano State a key political state in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;4 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As examples&comma; the youths cited Ambassador Abdurrahman Mai Nasara Salga&comma; the ADC House of Representatives candidate for Dala Federal Constituency&period; They said Salga worked hard&comma; invested resources&comma; and mobilized support for the party in Kano&comma; won the primary election&comma; but was later removed from the party’s candidate list by the national leadership&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;4 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>They also cited the case of the National Youth Leader himself&comma; Balarabe Rufa’i&comma; who is the ADC senatorial candidate for Kano Central&period; Rufa’i won the party’s primary&comma; but his name is yet to be forwarded to INEC as the party’s official candidate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The youths further alleged that in several Local Government Areas in Kano where primaries were conducted for House of Representatives candidates&comma; a prominent ADC figure&comma; Naja’atu Bala&comma; unilaterally removed the names of the winners&period; She claimed that no elections were held and left those constituencies vacant on the list submitted to INEC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They accused Naja’atu of deliberately sabotaging the growth of the ADC in Kano State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Because of this&comma; the youths called on the party’s presidential candidate&comma; Alhaji Atiku Abubakar&comma; and other critical stakeholders who genuinely want the party to succeed to intervene urgently&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They said Kano is a political hub and central to the ADC’s acceptability nationwide&period; If the injustice in the state is not addressed&comma; it will damage the gains the party has made and affect its chances in the 2027 elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The youths described the development as a gross failure of leadership on the part of David Mark and Aregbesola&period; They warned that continuing to replace legitimate candidates with handpicked ones will lead to the party’s defeat in the coming elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To save the ADC and restore justice&comma; we are calling on Senator David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola to step down immediately&comma;” the youths declared&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We will not sit and watch the sacrifices of those who built this party be wiped out&period; If you cannot provide fair leadership&comma; then step aside for those who can&comma;” the statement concluded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;4 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; 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