Reported by: Ijeoma G | Edited by: Oravbiere Osayomore Promise.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has postponed the collation of results from its presidential primary election, citing the need to allow Muslim party members to observe Eid-el-Kabir celebrations and to accommodate logistical challenges affecting the arrival of returning officers in Abuja. The decision was announced late on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, by the Chairman of the Presidential Primary Election Committee, Chief Ikechi Emenike. According to Emenike, the postponement was necessary to enable Muslim members of the party to fully participate in the Sallah festivities and to allow returning officers who faced flight delays to arrive in the federal capital territory. “We are postponing the collation to allow our brothers and sisters celebrating Sallah to participate in the religious activity and to enable returning officers who had flight challenges to arrive in Abuja later today,” Emenike said. He further clarified that the collation exercise would resume at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27, once all remaining officials have arrived.
Before the suspension of the collation, results from 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory had already been announced by various state returning officers. The states where results were declared included Borno, Kebbi, Anambra, Abia, Ekiti, Ondo, Gombe, Oyo, Imo, Yobe, Nasarawa, Enugu, Benue, Osun, Adamawa, Kogi, Kano, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Zamfara, and the FCT. The collation of results from the remaining 12 states was yet to be completed at the time of the postponement.
The presidential primary, which was conducted across all 36 states and the FCT, has attracted significant national attention following the recent influx of opposition politicians into the ADC. The party is positioning itself as a formidable coalition capable of challenging the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2027 general election. However, the process has been overshadowed by allegations of irregularities from two leading aspirants. Former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has rejected the conduct of the primary, describing the results being announced as “concocted” and accusing the party leadership of engaging in practices such as vote buying and manipulation of results. Similarly, economist Mohammed Hayatu-Deen withdrew from the concluding stage of the exercise, citing widespread vote rigging and voter disenfranchisement across the country. Despite the controversies, the ADC leadership has maintained that the process was transparent and has urged aggrieved aspirants to channel their grievances through established party structures.
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