The founder of Roots Television and brother of former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dumebi Kachikwu, has been announced as presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2023 general elections, after gaining 977 votes against his opponent, Mr Moghalu.
Mr Kachikwu emerged the winner after he defeated Kingsley Moghalu, Chukwuka Monye, and eight other aspirants at the party’s presidential primary held in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State on Wednesday.
Mr Moghalu who is the former deputy governor of the CBN, came second at the poll with 589 votes while Mr Monye came third with 339 votes.
Shortly before the commencement of the election, Mr. Kachikwu addressed the delegates:
“I am here to offer myself to you not because I am better than anybody here, but because I care about the future of our country.
“I offer myself because God has given me the main recognition to stand side-by-side with Atiku, Tinubu and to send them into retirement,” he said in his address to the lartyIn his address to the delegates before the election, Mr Kachikwu also said his emergence would be the end of the political careers of the flag bearers of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election.
However, although Mr. Moghalu did not win ADC presidential primaries, he was the Young Progressive Party (YPP) presidential candidate in 2019, and he scored 21,886 votes in the main election to secure the 14th position behind the winner, President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC.
Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources defeats Moghalu in ADC presidential primaries
