Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed's faction of the African Democratic Congress in Adamawa on Wednesday disowned the 27 April state congress that produced Hon. Sadiq Dasin as chairman, alleging that ex-SGF Babachir David Lawal and a transition committee froze them out.

Addressing supporters in Yola, Binani said an Abuja stakeholders meeting hosted by Atiku Abubakar had brokered a power-sharing deal among the three warring blocs, only for the Dasin group to return home and hold a secret exercise. She gave the national leadership seven days to reverse the "injustice" or face a mass exit.

Senator Ahmed Barata told the gathering that the party was "unpopular until Binani joined," insisting they will not accept further marginalisation. The state chapter has been split since last year, with each camp claiming legitimacy.

💡 NaijaBuzz Take

Binani's one-week ultimatum is not a plea for reconciliation; it is a calculated threat to strip ADC of its only household name in Adamawa.

The meeting at Atiku's living room shows how quickly party disputes become private bargaining sessions, yet even that elite arrangement collapsed once the chairs were rearranged back home. With Lawal—former SGF and national vice-chairman—accused of rigging the process, the crisis exposes how federal heavyweights still treat state chapters like personal fiefdoms.

For ordinary card-carrying members, the fallout means their next campaign posters may bear a different logo. If Binani's bloc walks, ADC reverts to fringe status and thousands of down-ballot aspirants who bought forms, sewed uniforms and rented shops lose brand value overnight.

This is the same movie that played out in PDP and APC: a popular defector pumps oxygen into a small party, internal factions fight over the new oxygen, and the big parties wait at the door to harvest the wounded.

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