The 2023 candidates in Gombe State under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have accused the ‘new entrants’ of the party of hijacking the structure and sidelining old members “who built the party.”
Addressing journalists at a press conference Weekend, the candidates under the aegis of ‘ADC 2023 State Assembly Candidates Forum’ led by its chairman, Muhammad Saleh Katam and secretary, Ibrahim Salisu Adams, claimed that they took the ADC into communities when it had little structure, limited visibility and minimal recognition saying it was unfair for the new entrants who defected into it from bigger political parties to undermine their contributions and sideline them.
They insisted that they invested immensely in the party when it was not big and should be carried along in the scheme of things.