{"id":72733,"date":"2025-08-11T09:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72733"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:14:37","slug":"adc-membership-in-rivers-surpasses-800000-as-former-governors-political-heavyweights-join","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/11\/adc-membership-in-rivers-surpasses-800000-as-former-governors-political-heavyweights-join\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC Membership in Rivers Surpasses 800,000 as Former Governors, Political Heavyweights Join"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Rivers State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says its membership has surged past 800,000, marking a significant boost ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ADC Rivers spokesman, Luckyman Egila, disclosed the milestone at a press briefing in Port Harcourt, describing the party as \u201ca beautiful bride\u201d now attracting some of the state\u2019s most influential political figures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Among the new entrants are former governors Rotimi Amaechi and Celestine Omehia, both of whom have formally registered and received ADC membership cards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the fold are Prince Uche Secondus, former National Chairman of the PDP; former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Austin Okpara; and former Minister of Transport, Dr. Abiye Sekibo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Egila stressed that the defections represent genuine shifts in political allegiance, not symbolic gestures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said the influx of seasoned politicians reflects growing confidence in the ADC\u2019s vision and would help galvanize grassroots support to challenge entrenched political structures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With its expanded ranks and high-profile backers, the Rivers ADC is positioning itself as a formidable force in the state\u2019s evolving political landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; The Rivers State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says its membership has surged past 800,000, marking a significant boost ahead of the 2027 general elections. &nbsp; ADC Rivers spokesman, Luckyman Egila, disclosed the milestone at a press briefing in Port Harcourt, describing the party as \u201ca beautiful bride\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72735,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72733\/revisions\/72735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}