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Ebonyi NDC crisis deepens as deputy chairman, others resign

By : Nnamdi Akpa
Date: 22 June 2026

The crisis in the Ebonyi State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC)
worsened on Monday following the resignation of key party officials, including Deputy Chairman Comrade Okey Idenyi, Secretary Barr. Chinedu Adum, Welfare Officer, Mr Cyril Ajah, Youth Leader, Anthony Nwofe, and others.

They cited corruption, financial fraud, lack of equity and justice, and controversies surrounding the party’s recently concluded primaries as reasons for their departure.

Addressing journalists in Abakaliki, the former officials said the mass resignation signals the collapse of the party’s structure in the state, insisting that the NDC would not win a single House of Assembly seat in the forthcoming general elections.

The former Deputy Chairman, Comrade Okey Idenyi, lamented that the structure they helped build in Ebonyi State before the emergence of Peter Obi in the political space had been hijacked by what he described as corrupt elements who entered the party through the “back door.”

He expressed disappointment over what he described as irregularities during the party’s primaries, accusing the leadership of abandoning an earlier agreement on consensus candidates and instead allowing full contests that, according to him, ended in confusion and disorganisation.

He further alleged that shortly after the party’s congresses and national convention, politicians from other parties infiltrated the structure and took over leadership positions, adding that founding members were sidelined.

Idenyi also alleged financial misconduct, claiming that aspirants were asked to pay various sums for nomination: ₦100,000 for House of Assembly, ₦300,000 for House of Representatives, ₦500,000 for Senate, and ₦750,000 for governorship aspirants.

He alleged that the funds were mismanaged and that the process was later abandoned in favour of contested primaries.

In his remarks, Barr. Chinedu Adum said he could no longer remain in a party that, according to him, denied founding members the opportunity to contest elective positions as provided by law.

He accused the National Working Committee (NWC) of failing to intervene despite repeated complaints about alleged hijacking of the party structure in the state.

Adum further alleged that aspirants were made to purchase nomination forms for over ₦3 million and were later asked to pay additional sums running into millions before screening, describing the process as exploitative.

He also alleged that many aspirants who made payments were later disqualified for lacking political backing, describing the process as fraudulent and unfair.

He further accused former Governor Dr. Sam Egwu of exerting undue influence over the party, claiming that its operations were being run as a personal structure.

Also speaking, Youth Leader Anthony Nwofe described the party primaries as chaotic and undemocratic, alleging that petitions filed by the state chapter were ignored by the national leadership.

He said the conduct of the primaries fell below expectations and did not reflect the ideals of internal democracy the party claimed to represent.

“I am no longer interested in the party. I have resigned, and I am making it public,” he said.

Similarly, Welfare Officer Mr. Cyril Ajah announced his resignation and said he had withdrawn his support for the party and its presidential candidate.

He stated that developments within the party no longer aligned with his principles, adding that he could no longer participate in its activities.

PRESS STATEMENT
23rd June, 2026

URGENT APPEAL TO H.E. PETER OBI: ADDRESSING THE TRAVESTY IN ALIMOSHO

Your Excellency @PeterObi, I write to you directly as the undisputed moral conscience of our polity and singular agency and force behind the new Nigeria that is ever more POssible.

Despite our previous communication, the subversion of the Alimosho House of Representatives primary remains unaddressed. The mandate clearly won by @ifesalakooffice is being systematically dismantled through backroom deals.

We must specifically highlight the actions of one John Ughulu, who, by all accounts, has allegedly weaponized the OK Movement to settle personal scores and undermine the broader Obidient movement. He has gone on record stating that he does not even mind sacrificing our success at the polls in Lagos to achieve his selfish ends.

By controlling internal systems to orchestrate this sabotage, John is actively working to disenfranchise the will of the people and replace a legitimate candidate with his own personal choice.

Worse still, he has systematically removed everyone associated with the Obidient movement, and whenever he is challenged or questioned, he invokes your name, using it as a shield or a claim of authorization for his dangerous personal ambitions and reckless whims.

This is a direct assault on the integrity of the movement, our party @NigeriaNDCHQ and it is totally anathema to everything you represent. If the NDC allows these anti-democratic maneuvers to stand, it validates the exact culture of corruption and patronage politics that we are convinced you are committed to dismantling.

Time is of the essence, Your Excellency. We therefore urge you to intervene immediately to restore the mandate of the people of Alimosho by reinstating Ife’s victory and mandate. The credibility of our movement, our party, and the promise of a new Nigeria depend on your decisive action.

Tudo Bams
For the Obidient Ninjas.

naptu2:
https://guardian.ng/politics/ebonyi-ndc-crisis-deepens-as-deputy-chairman-others-resign/

BREAKING NEWS: Christian Asaga Nwali Supporters Storm NDC Office, Protest Against Alleged Primary Election Rigging In Ebonyi, Demand Immediate Return Of C-sagas. pic.twitter.com/jRKOr2qfFf

— Emeka Igwe junior (@Emekaigwe96) June 5, 2026

PulaPower:
This party might eventually regret for allowing some certain group of fraud to hijack their party..

Resignation hits Ebonyi NDC as EXCO members dump party over primaries

June 22, 2026

The Ebonyi State chapter of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) is experiencing a wave of resignations following the conduct of the party’s recent primaries.

As of Monday, more than 11 members of the State Executive Council (EXCO), including the Deputy State Chairman and the State Secretary, have resigned from the party.

In their resignation letters, the affected officials cited dissatisfaction with the process and outcome of the primaries held on May 29, 2026.

The Deputy State Chairman, Comrade Okey Idenyi, stated in his resignation letter:

“Despite my attempt to offer counsel, the party is sadly no longer able to carry out its own rules or offer credible opposition… It is in the light of the foregoing that I am compelled to offer my resignation from the Nigeria Democratic Congress, effective immediately.”

Similarly, the State Secretary, Barrister Aduma Solomon Chinedu, mentioned unresolved issues in the state chapter as a key reason for his decision.

The resignations come after supporters of one of the aspirants, Architect Christian Asaga Nwali (popularly known as C-Sagas), staged a peaceful protest in Abuja, calling for the party to declare the authentic result of the Ebonyi Central Senatorial District primary.

As of the time of filing this report, the national leadership of the NDC is yet to issue an official response to the developments in Ebonyi State.

The situation has raised concerns about unity within the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.

helinues:
If those people don't have any records of supporting things that come close to reality, why did NDC allow them to join them?

CharlesCNG:
https://www.nairaland.com/8690738/ndc-rescue-party-rescue-thyself

For a party that wants to deliver Nigeria, NDC is spending an embarrassing amount of time trying to deliver itself from itself.

Now we are told that Dickson and Obi have “resolved” their dispute after a three-hour closed-door meeting. For a new party, that is hardly a badge of strength. It is more like a newborn baby already needing family intervention before it has even learned how to sit. A platform that has barely arranged its own chairs is already promising to rearrange the entire furniture of the federation.

That is the comedy of NDC.

It was advertised as a fresh rescue vehicle, but from the beginning it has looked more like a borrowed bus full of restless passengers fighting over the front seat. First came the drama of defections, then the quarrels over tickets, then the Aisha Yesufu noise, then the Dickson boundary-drawing, and now a “closed-door peace meeting” as if the party is already an old house full of inherited bitterness.

There is a proverb for this: **the man who cannot carry his own mat should not boast of carrying the market stall.**

If this is what NDC looks like before the real campaign even starts, what will happen when governorship tickets, presidential strategy, zoning fights, and regional egos begin to clash fully? A party that needs emergency reconciliation before it can even settle into itself should be humble in its language of national redemption.

Because the truth is simple:

NDC has not yet shown Nigeria a government-in-waiting. It has only shown Nigeria a quarrel-in-progress.

And that is the putdown at the heart of it all:
Before NDC talks of delivering Nigeria, it should first prove it can survive itself without another closed-door rescue operation.

naptu2:
https://guardian.ng/politics/ebonyi-ndc-crisis-deepens-as-deputy-chairman-others-resign/

Ola9ja23:
The party that wants to fight corruption


From the genesis it's crystal clear that this party is all about corruption and fraudulent extaution but our daddy GO is only interested in fighting corruption in Nigeria but not in his party


Packaged fraud of Agulu village 😂🤣🤣

PulaPower:
This party might eventually regret for allowing some certain group of fraud to hijack their party..

anonimi:
How we foiled Jonathan’s effort to make Mulika Adeola Speaker, Akande reveals

AS president in 2011, Goodluck Jonathan did all he could to ensure South West grabbed the country’s number four seat, including lobbying then opposition leaders from the zone, to no avail. The North West eventually grabbed the seat, supported by South West leaders in opposition to then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Former Governor of Osun State and now statesman, Chief Bisi Akande, made this revelation in his autobiography, “My Participations” which is currently dominating political and national dis- course.

Aminu Tambuwal, now Sokoto State governor, won the seat, against the preferred pick of his party, Mrs Mulikat Adeola Akande, from the South-West. Defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, then a fledging opposition, which had Akande and his soulmate, former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, as front- line leaders, openly asked its elected members of the House of Representatives, mostly from the South-West, to work against their region and back Tambuwal from North-West.

The opposition party’s support carried Tambuwal through the contest against Akande, then ruling party’s favourite for the speakership seat.

In his book, Chief Akande revealed that former president then as incumbent, personally reached out to Tinubu, who is now believed to be nursing presidential aspiration in 2023 and himself, but couldn’t convince them.

He wrote, “President Jonathan, immediately after the meeting (with political parties), called Bola Tinubu aside into a lobby to broach the matter of ACN support for a choice of who would become the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“That same day, President Jonathan talked to me on phone about the same matter. He disclosed that PDP had zoned the position to the South-West but that only one Muraina and another Mulika won elections on PDP ticket from the zone into the House of Representatives.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/how-we-foiled-jonathans-effort-to-make-mulika-adeola-speaker-akande-reveals/

AMINDA:
I just hope Obi is not being naïve. It was clear from the get-go that the NDC is an SPV that was clearly allowed to be registered for the sole reason of luring him away from the coalition so he can be isolated and dealt with. Every move they have made so far appears engineered to sabotage his ambition.

newsbook:
Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has re-echoed his allegation that his predecessor, Mr Peter Obi demanded the sum of N7.5billion from him for sponsoring his election in 2013.

Obiano and his predecessor, Obi have had a frosty relationship shortly after his swearing in.

Obi has however denied that he demanded for the sum of N7.5billion from Obiano, saying that his problem with him was his (Obiano’s) underperformance.

Obi said if he needed the said sum, he would have simply taken it from the N75billion he left for the Obiano administration at the end of his tenure.

But Governor Obiano while speaking on Wednesday evening at Ezechima Primary School, Onitsha where he inaugurated his reelection campaigns in Onitsha North Council Area, said the clarification became necessary because of the recent accusations against him by the former Governor.

He stated that his predecessor had demanded the sum of N7.5billion from him as funds spent in prosecuting the election on his behalf, but that he refused to pay the money because it was not true.

Obiano said he refused to pay because he strongly believed that public funds should be used for public good, and not to settle godfathers.

These, he said, was the reason they fell apart.

The governor said that another reason he refused to pay the money was because he was aware that enough money was raised for his campaign by his friends and associates, all of which were never accounted for by the former governor.

On the actual sum the former Governor claimed he left behind, Governor Obiano made it clear that he inherited liability of about N127 billion debt from him in contracts awarded and other responsibilities, which he has been religiously undertaking in the spirit of continuity.

He said Obi flagged off several roads even on the day he was leaving office and saddled him with the burden of paying for it, but he assured the people that he has his eyes on the ball and will not allow anything to distract him from fulfilling his promises.

The Chairman of the Governor’s Re-election Campaign Committee, Chief Victor Umeh said APGA as the political spirit of Ndigbo, has in the past three and half years, availed Anambra good governance at its best, reminding the people that the upcoming guber election was not about Willie Obiano but about ensuring that the state remained free from political godfatherism.

A former Central Bank Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo in his speech said that at this time, the State needs a tested hand like Governor Obiano who has the experience and expertise to effectively steer her affairs.

https://dailypost.ng/2017/10/19/peter-obi-demanded-n7-5bn-sponsoring-election%e2%80%8e-obiano-insists/

SlavaUkraini:
Obidient Grasshoppers have invaded the party ...

Anywhere they enter chaos and confusion..

When will they form their own Party ?

anonimi:
May 1, 2025

May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu

According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”

On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.

Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/may-day-hunger-unemployment-insecurity-real-tinubu/

PulaPower:
This party might eventually regret for allowing some certain group of fraud to hijack their party..

anonimi:
The chochocho hypocrite has always been a naive politician[b] since before 2014 when his own Fidelity Bank protege Obiano kicked him out of APGA,[/b] before Atiku rescued him five years later with a national platform as his running mate in 2019.