Youths of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), on Monday, stormed the Lagos office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yaba to demand the resignation of Prof Joash Amupitan as national chairman.
The demonstrators held placards bearing inscriptions such as ‘ADC Is Not For Sale’, ‘Amupitan Is Already Compromised’, and ‘Democracy is Dialogue, Not Monologue’.
The party’s national deputy youth leader, Adeola Olusi, led the protest amid the presence of security operatives.
Earlier on Monday, the party’s national youth leader, Balarabe Rufai, had announced in a post on X that youths would protest in Lagos and Ogun, with the demonstrations tagged ‘Operation Occupy INEC’.
According to Rufai, the Lagos protest was scheduled to commence at 8am at Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) in Lagos.
“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.
The protest comes after key opposition figures in the ADC, including Atiku Abubakar; David Mark, the party’s national chairman; and 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 State; and a former Kogi senator, Dino Melaye, were also among the protesters.