Youths of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are set to stage protests at offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos, Ogun and Jigawa states today under the #AmupitanMustGo campaign.
Balarabe Rufai, the party’s national youth leader, shared this in a post on X on Monday, attaching flyers for the Lagos and Ogun protests, both tagged ‘Operation Occupy INEC’.
According to Rufai, the Lagos protest will commence at 8am at Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), while the Ogun protest is scheduled for 11am at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) office in Abeokuta.
As of the time of filing this report, it was not clear whether the protests had commenced at the INEC office in Lagos.
In a separate post on Thursday, Rufai said ADC youths had earlier protested at the INEC office in Lagos, displaying placards with various inscriptions.
“Lagos ADC Youth Wing has taken a firm and peaceful stand, occupying INEC to deliver a clear message: the rule of law must be respected, due process must be upheld, Amupitan must resign immediately, and the Senator David Mark-led leadership must be restored without delay,” he wrote.
“This is a call for accountability, not chaos.
“When institutions fail to act with fairness, citizens have a duty to respond with courage and clarity. The demand is simple: restore integrity or step aside.”
On April 8, key opposition figures in the ADC, including former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; David Mark, the party’s national chairman; Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation; staged a similar protest tagged ‘Occupy INEC’ in Abuja.
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election; Rauf Aregbesola, ADC national secretary; Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano; and Dino Melaye, former Kogi senator; were also among the protesters.
The protests follow INEC’s de-recognition of ADC factions on April 1, citing a March 12 court of appeal judgment ordering the maintenance of the status quo in the party’s leadership crisis.
The ADC demonstrators accused INEC of “partisanship”, calling for the sack of Joash Amupitan, its chairman
