JUST-IN: ADC Suspends South-South Vice Chair Usani Usani Over Alleged Anti-Party Activities, Insubordination

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has suspended its National Vice Chairman (South-South), Dr. Usani Usani, implicit alleged anti-party activities and insubordination to constituted enactment authorities.

The suspension, which took contiguous effect, followed deliberations by the State Working Committee (SWC) of the ADC, Cross River State chapter, held connected Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

Announcing the determination successful a connection issued Monday successful Abuja, the State Publicity Secretary, James Otudor, said the committee recovered Dr. Usani’s caller behaviour to beryllium successful “violation of the ADC Constitution and inconsistent with the party’s halfway values.”

“The SWC examined aggregate petitions alleging anti-party activities, insubordination to constituted authority, and actions deemed detrimental to the representation and electoral fortunes of the ADC,” Otudor stated.

He explained that, successful enactment with the party’s disciplinary procedures, the suspension would stay successful effect pending the result of a ceremonial probe by the applicable enactment organs.

“In accordance with the party’s constitution and disciplinary procedures, Dr. Usani’s suspension volition stay successful effect pending the result of a ceremonial probe by the applicable enactment organs,” the connection read.

The SWC besides faulted the assignment of Ms. Jackie Wayas arsenic Deputy National Publicity Secretary, alleging that the enactment process lacked due consultation with the Cross River enactment earlier her emergence.

Otudor said Wayas had shown “little engagement” with the authorities section since assuming office, questioning her loyalty to the unity and advancement of the ADC successful the South-South.

“Consequently, the SWC urged the National Leadership to reappraisal her assignment and regenerate her with a competent, credible, and media-savvy idiosyncratic from Cross River State with a verifiable grounds of committedness to the ideals of the ADC,” helium added.

In addition, the committee expressed displeasure implicit the behaviour of definite individuals wrong the Coalition Movement, who it said had publically declared for the ADC but failed to implicit their rank registration.

The connection warned that the enactment would not condone dual rank oregon let its level to beryllium exploited by politicians pursuing aggregate partisan interests.

“All conjugation leaders and intending members are directed to implicit their registration astatine their respective ward levels wrong 7 days, ending Saturday, October 25, 2025, oregon hazard exclusion from enactment and decision-making processes wrong the party,” Otudor cautioned.

Reaffirming its loyalty to the ADC’s nationalist leadership, the Cross River section pledged continued committedness to fostering credible enactment and promoting a people-centered governmental alternate for some the authorities and the South-South region.

“We impulse each members to stay calm, law-abiding, and steadfast arsenic the party’s interior mechanisms for discipline, justice, and accountability instrumentality their afloat course,” the statement concluded.