The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), which sought registration as a political party is yet to fulfil prerequisites for registration.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Sam Olumekun, made the disclosure during an interactive session with reporters in Abuja.
Among the personalities linked to the group are former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; former governors Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) and former Senate President David Mark.
The Commissioner stated that while the commission had received numerous letters of intent, none is qualified to meet requirements for a formal application for registration.
“The truth is that we have so many letters of intent presently and none of them is an application yet. They must first meet the criteria before submitting a letter of intent,” Olumekun said.
The development comes as the ADA proponents omitted the word ‘electoral’ from their letter addressed to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) .
The application, dated June 19, was addressed to “The Chairman, Independent National Commission (INEC), 436, Zambezi Crescent, Maitama, Abuja FCT.”
The letter was co-signed by Akin Ricketts, protem national chairman of ADA, and Abdullahi Musa Elayo, protem national secretary respectively.
