The South-West leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rallied behind the party’s National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, dismissing allegations against him as false and insisting that the National Executive Committee, not the National Secretary, approved the party’s South-West candidates for the 2027 general elections. In a communiqué signed by Omole, the zonal leadership rejected a petition purportedly written by individuals claiming to represent the ADC in the South-West and calling for Aregbesola’s removal as National Secretary. “Our attention has been drawn to a petition addressed to our National Chairman, Sen. David Mark, calling for the removal of our National Secretary. We will not submit the affairs of this party to rascals”, the party leadership said. “We wish to restate, unambiguously, that the party’s South-West zonal leadership remains under Rt.