A third factional chairman is sworn in for the Adamawa State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), adding to a dispute over the party’s leadership in the state. Dr Markus Peter Danbaki is sworn in on Sunday, September 13, 2026, by a factional group, according to reports.
Danbaki’s emergence comes while two other individuals are already claiming the chairmanship: Sadiq Dasin and Alhaji Sai’du Naira. The development is expected to further complicate the ADC’s internal crisis in Adamawa, where leadership issues intersect with the party’s preparations for the 2027 election. Sources also note that the state’s ADC governorship ticket has been contested, with two candidates involved and the matter reaching court following challenges to the governorship primary outcome.
Both outlets describe the same core event—Danbaki’s swearing-in—and frame it as part of an intensifying power struggle within the ADC’s Adamawa chapter. The reports do not present differing accounts of the swearing-in itself, but emphasize how the additional factional claim increases uncertainty around party control and upcoming electoral processes.
