ADC Appoints Taekwondo Grandmaster, 36 Others as States Chairmen
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has appointed a Nigerian Taekwondo grandmaster, George Ashiru and 36 others as States Chairmen ahead of the 2027 General Elections. Ashiru, according to press statement on Wednesday, will serve as the Party’s Chairman in Lagos State. The seven-time Nigerian Taekwondo champion in the light and welter weight categories and won a silver medal at the 4th All Africa Games in Kenya in 1987 was born to a royal household in the southwestern part of Nigeria. Others appointees are as follows; Hanatu Garaba (Plateau), Musa S. Shuaib (Nasarawa), Adekolu O. Moses (Ekiti), Patrick Obianyo (Anambra), Hon. Haruna Hassan (Bauchi), Otunba Pat. Olufemi (Ogun) Celestine Orbunda (Benue), Mohammed Bolori (Borno), Comrade John Ogar (Cross River), Austine Okotie (Delta), Jennifer Adibie N (Ebonyi), Kennedy Odion (Edo), Iyke Nwoka (Abia), Stella Chukwula (Enugu), Mallam Danladi Yau (Gombe), Duke Gabriel Dick (Akwa Ibom), Alh. Sanni Mohammed (Jigawa), Ahmed Tijani M (Kaduna), Ungogo Musa (Kano), Alh. Usman Musa (Katsina) Hajia Hawa Mohammed (Kebbi). Also on the list are; John Adeli Udale (Kogi), Adebayo Akadi (Kwara), Chief Mrs Ganiyu Sidirika (Ondo), Auta Mohammed (Niger), Yohanna Shehu K (Adamawa), Chief Emmanuel Amushe (Imo), Charles Idowu (Osun), Alh. Yinka Adona (Oyo), Yusuf Tijani (FCT) Ode Lawrence E (Rivers), Hon. Umar Farouk (Sokoto), Adamu Hassan (Taraba), Alh. Kalli Umar (Yobe) and Alh. Kabiru Garba (Zamfara). Meanwhile, the Akwa Ibom State chapter has notified all persons who obtained membership cards last week without the stamp and imprimatur of the state chairman to present them at the State Secretariat of the Party at No. 84 Udotung Ubo Street, Uyo, for stamping and signature of the State chairman, and entry of their names in the Party’s membership register.