Former ADC Rivers governorship candidate resigns from party
Tonte Ibraye, who represented the African Democratic Congress in Rivers State’s 2023 governorship election, has resigned from the party. He cited its prolonged leadership crisis, unresolved legal disputes over internal structures and concerns about party processes ahead of the 2027 elections.
Tonte Ibraye, the African Democratic Congress’s former governorship candidate in Rivers State, has resigned his membership of the party, Punch Nigeria reported. Ibraye, who contested the 2023 governorship election, attributed his decision to what he described as a prolonged leadership crisis within the ADC. He also cited unresolved legal disputes involving the party’s internal structures.
His reasons included concerns about the conduct of the party’s processes ahead of the 2027 general elections. The supplied material does not identify the specific disputes, the internal structures involved or the particular processes to which he referred. Ibraye announced his resignation after the difficulties he cited remained unresolved.
The available information does not state the effective date of his departure, whether he has joined another party or how the ADC has responded. His exit comes before the next general elections, although the source does not provide details of the party’s preparations in Rivers State or its plans for selecting candidates. Ibraye was the ADC candidate for governor in Rivers in 2023.
Punch Nigeria’s supplied report does not include further details about his political plans following the resignation.
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