Moghalu loses ADC presidential ticket
A former Central Bank of Nigeria’s Deputy Governor, Prof Kingsley Moghalu, has lost the 2023 presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
This is as the founder of Roots Television, Dumebi Kachikwu, emerged as the 2023 presidential candidate of the ADC in the party’s presidential primary held in Abeokuta.
He emerged the winner after defeating the likes of Moghalu, Chukwuka Monye, and eight other aspirants.
Moghalu, is former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP).
Kachikwu, who is also the younger brother of Nigeria’s former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, polled 977 votes.
Moghalu emerged second with 589 votes while Monye came third with 339 votes.
Before the commencement of voting, Moghalu had said he would defeat Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election.
“I am here to offer myself to you not because I am better than anybody here but because I care about the future of our country. I offer myself because God has given me the main recognition to stand side-by-side with Atiku, Tinubu and to send them into retirement,” he had said.
The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) joined the ADC in October 2021.
He was the presidential candidate of YPP in the 2019 elections — he resigned his membership of the party in October 2019.
