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A crisis is currently brewing in the Edo State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) following the exclusion of several party leaders from a meeting scheduled to hold at the residence of the party’s National Leader, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

Among the leaders shut out of the meeting were former Chief Whip of the Senate, Sir Rowland Owie; one of the founders and financiers of the party in the state, Sunny Aguebor; a national leader of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Douglas Iyike; and others.

It was gathered that Odigie-Oyegun scheduled the meeting at his residence, and when the members arrived, they were shown a list of those invited.

This development left the members infuriated and led them to take over the entrance to Odigie-Oyegun’s compound until a unit of police officers, said to have been sent from the State Command, arrived and spoke with the members, after which they left the place.

Speaking to journalists, Owie called on the National Leadership of the ADC to call Odigie-Oyegun to order.

He said, “We who are here are founding members of the ADC. We are supposed to have a meeting today. Chief John Oyegun, who has done nothing to support the party in this state, is calling non-members to a meeting and excluding statutory members.

“As a matter of fact, the senatorial meeting was to be called up to four or five times. He stopped it and will postpone it. As we are talking, we have been everywhere in this state, especially here in Edo South, where we are raising members for the party. Ask him how many people he has attracted to this party?

“We are telling the national leadership of the party that enough is enough of John Oyegun. This was how he was as the National Chairman of the APC, and he was removed with ease. Enough is enough; he cannot disrespect those who are building the party.”

Contacted, Odigie-Oyegun said he was still in the party’s leadership meeting and would speak on the issues after the meeting.

BREAKING!!

HE Peter Obi and other top members of ADC came under attack in Edo State where they went to oversee the official defection of Barrister Olumide Akpata and other Labour Party Members

If anything happens to Peter Obi it won’t be funny

Today, Mr. Peter Obi paid a visit to the ADC office in Benin, Edo State.

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— BLESSED 🥷 (@Dee_9889) February 24, 2026

Peter Obi and ADC chieftains were attacked by hoodlums with gun as they visited the former governor of Edo state today.

This is totally wrong. Our politics should never go this low.

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— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) February 24, 2026

Peter Obi and ADC chieftains were attacked by hoodlums with gun as they visited the former governor of Edo state today.

BREAKING

The ADC secretariat in Edo State was attacked by thugs shortly after Peter Obi and Olumide Akpata left the venue where Akpata officially joined the party.

It is alleged that a woman was shot during the incident. She was taken to the hospital.

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— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) February 24, 2026

By then Atiku will be over 90 years, if Obi deputise Atiku, I will work against him, Hamma, you are not different from Hammas terrorist, you are just masquerading as a politician, Atiku boys are his problem, that was how they adviced him to work with Okowa as against Wike.

Atiku has the worst set of betrayals around him. I remember bwala, reno and bruce were all with Atiku in 2023. He has gathered another set like this old fool called hamma who will not even wait for election to finish before he dump Atiku.