Ex-ADC chairman Nwosu: David Mark’ll take us to Aso Rock in 2027

The immediate past National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Ralph Nwosu, says the ADC executives resigned for former Senate President David Mark to lead the party to victory in the 2027 elections.

Nwosu said this in Abuja on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

Nwosu, who recalled that the move for coalition started about 18 months ago, said the party’s NWC members decided to step down for Mark as the interim national chairman and former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola as the interim national secretary.

He said: “With Mark, we all decided to resign so that he can take us to the villa. We also approved Aregbesola as the national secretary of the party.

“Look at the two of them; when you see their commitments to this country, you will see that it is a new beginning.”

Nwosu assured Mark and the coalition leaders of his team’s support, maintaining that anyone speaking against the coalition arrangement was not part of the ADC.

Speaking, Mark said the coalition goes beyond gaining political power in 2027.

The former Senate President stated that the party is determined to offer Nigerians a path to security, prosperity, peace and progress.

He added that the coalition is for all Nigerians, irrespective of their age, social, and economic status.

He described the coalition as a concerted effort to rebuild the pillars of Nigeria’s democracy and prevent Nigeria’s descent into a one-party state.

ADC chairman, others resign for David Mark, Aregbesola

Mark stated that the coalition, after extensive deliberations and discussions over several months, decided to adopt ADC as the vehicle for what he described as a historic journey.

“It will be a party that recognises the experience of the old and the energy of the youth. To all Nigerians, we say here is the new big tent into which all patriots are invited,” he said.

Mark described the coalition arrangement as a bold and new path of unity over division, service over slogans, action over excuses, compassion over inhumanity, transparency over opacity, inclusion over nepotism, performance over empty promises, rule of law over impunity, and justice over inequity.

Mark further stated that the adoption of ADC marked the beginning of what they believed would be a long, difficult, and tedious journey.

“However, it is a journey that we are prepared to undertake, united in our collective belief that no price or sacrifice is too high in the service of our fatherland,” he added.

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