Ex-CBN Deputy Gov, Obadiah Mailafia Emerges As ADC Presidential Candidate
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Obadiah Mailafia, has been declared as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress.
The National Working Committee of the ADC declared Mailafia the winner on Sunday night, barely hours before the deadline for the conclusion of primaries as set by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Obadiah polled 2,860 votes against Mrs Saidat Odofin, who polled 1,310.
The National Chairman of ADC, Chief Ralphs Nwosu, said the conduct of the primaries, which was free of vote-buying, had proven the position of ADC as a model sustainable political party.
He said Obadiah had emerged through a free and fair election and called for the support of members to make the journey to Aso Villa a reality.
The ADC, which has been endorsed by a former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is one of the parties which had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2019 general elections.
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