The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)Dumebi Kachikwu will announce his running mate on Friday ahead of the 2023 general election.
To beat INEC’s June 17 deadline for submitting names of candidates for the highest office, the ADC submitted the names of Ahmed Mani as its vice-presidential candidate.
However, people close to Mr. Kachikwu’s campaign team confirmed that Mr. Mani will officially be out of the race as the ADC presidential candidate prepares to make the announcement.
As scheduled in their calendar of activities, all political parties have until July 15 to withdraw or replace the names of their presidential and National Assembly candidates submitted for voting.
Sources close to the ADC presidential candidate said the event to introduce his running mate was in grand style in Abuja.
“It’s not a name I can tell you right now. Our presidential candidate plans to reveal the name in grand style tomorrow. So wait until you hear from the horse’s mouth,” one of the sources told PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr. Kachikwu’s yet-to-be-announced running mate, according to another source, “will share his passion for impactful leadership and people-oriented service after his election as president.”
“All I can say is that the proposed running mate for the ADC presidential candidate is a well-groomed, well-informed Nigerian who would properly complement Kachikwu’s efforts to work to restore order, provide security, get Nigerians out of the poverty, fix the comatose state of the nation. infrastructure, curb corruption and thoroughly revive the economy,” said another source.
Mr. Kachikwu emerged as ADC’s standard-bearer in June after defeating ten other hopefuls.
He defeated the likes of Kingsley Moghalu and Chukwuka Monye in the hotly contested presidential primaries held in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state.