Police seal venue for ADC committee inauguration in Cross River

Security operatives successful Calabar connected Tuesday sealed disconnected a venue designated for the inauguration of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Membership Registration, Mobilisation and Revalidation Committee.

The committee, chaired by Eko Alobo, had been constituted by the enactment successful Cross River State arsenic portion of preparations up of its upcoming primaries.

The inauguration was scheduled to instrumentality spot connected Tuesday, March 10, 2026, astatine an lawsuit centre located on Marian Road by 10:00 a.m.

However, a squad of mobile constabulary officers reportedly arrived astatine the venue arsenic aboriginal arsenic 7:00 a.m. and cordoned disconnected the premises, preventing enactment members and organisers from accessing the facility.

Sources adjacent to the information unit disclosed that the enactment was taken pursuing instructions linked to a petition allegedly submitted by immoderate members of the party.

Attempts by enactment stakeholders to resoluteness the concern did not instantly output results.

Meanwhile, salient ADC leaders, including the party’s South-South Zonal Vice Chairman, Dr Usani Uguru Usani, and erstwhile Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bassey Eko Ewa, reportedly met with the Commissioner of Police successful a bid to code the development.

Following the standoff, organisers relocated the gathering to the residence of Dr Usani Usani, wherever a ample fig of enactment supporters...