Moghalu dumps ADC after losing presidential ticket

…Join APC, ‘third force may be worse off’,Keyamo tells Moghalu

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has resigned his membership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Moghalu announced his decision to leave the party in a letter dated June 13, 2022, and addressed to Okey Nwosu, ADC national chairman.

The former CBN deputy governor’s decision comes days after he lost the party’s presidential ticket to Dumebi Kachikwu, founder of Roots Television.

Moghalu said his leaving the party is as a result of the poor conduct of the presidential primary.

“I am writing to hand in my resignation from my membership of the African Democratic Congress, effective immediately. I have resigned because the process and conduct of the party’s presidential primary on

June 8, 2022 at Abeokuta revealed a fundamental clash of values between me and your leadership of the party,” the letter reads.

“Despite the circular you issued a few days to the primary committing the party to providing transportation and accommodation for delegates to and in Abeokuta, and which as we agreed would provide a level playing for all the presidential aspirants, the party under your leadership failed to do so.

“Some aspirants, including myself, made donations to the ADC party account as requested by the party for this purpose. This failure, which appeared intentional, created room for massive abuses of the electoral process including delegate capture and financial inducement of delegates.

“This is only one of numerous inconsistencies and the absence of transparency and predictability in the management of the party that I had progressively complained about.

“As you are well aware, I have consistently resisted pressures to join the APC or the PDP precisely to avoid “cash-and-carry” politics. For me to remain a member of the ADC therefore, after what thousands of party members participated in at Abeokuta, would be to endorse political corruption of a most obscene order.

“I joined the ADC in October 2021 with the best of intentions. Since then, I have put my entire team to work on growing and improving the party, including raising the party’s

visibility on all media platforms, recruiting more than 10,000 new members to the party, and providing new offices for various state chapters of the party at my expense.

“It is deeply regrettable that other inducements appear to have played more important roles in determining the outcome of the primary than loyalty to the party.”

Minister Of State For Labour And Employment Festus Keyamo  has asked Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to join the APC.

The development comes hours after Moghalu’s resignation from the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

The former CBN deputy governor, who lost the ADC presidential ticket to Dumebi Kachikwu, founder of Roots Television, had said his leaving the party was as a result of the poor conduct of the presidential primary.

He had also accused the ADC of promoting corruption during the presidential primary, which held in Abeokuta, the Ogun capital.

“As you are well aware, I have consistently resisted pressures to join the APC or the PDP precisely to avoid “cash-and-carry” politics. For me to remain a member of the ADC therefore, after what thousands of party members participated in at Abeokuta, would be to endorse political corruption of a most obscene order,” Moghalu wrote in his resignation letter addressed to the ADC chairman.

In a tweet on the matter, via his official handle on Monday, Keyamo said the “so-called” third force political parties may be “worse off” than the popular ones if given the power to rule.

“My own dear brother, @MoghaluKingsley, you’ve just seen that the so-called Third Force are just some untested Nigerians who may just be worse off. They’re not from the moon; they’re NIGERIANS. It’s all sound & fury & nothing more. Welcome to the REAL WORLD. Please, join us in APC,” he said.