ADC website Crashes as Nigerians flood site to join Coalition Party

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has crashed as many Nigerians reportedly flooded the site to join the new coalition party.

A Facebook user, Unclè Anass Dukura, reported seeing error messages or being unable to load the page.

In a post made on Friday, the user said the development happened despite the fact that intending members are required to pay a levy of N500 as membership due.

IntelRegion confirmed the website’s inaccessibility, with visitors encountering this error message:

“Bandwidth Limit Exceeded. The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.”

The technical error suggests the site exceeded its data transfer capacity amid heavy traffic.

However, the party is yet to issue an official statement on the development as of press time.

The site crashed barely two days after the ADC was unveiled, as the new opposition coalition party to oust the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 election.

The ADC was unveiled in Abuja on Wednesday as an opposition coalition platform.

Some of the key members of the ADC include former Senate President, Senator David Mark; former Osun state governor, Rauf Argegbesola, ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party Presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi,

Others present at the unveiling included: Former APC National Chairman, John Oyegun, Former Governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Former Attorney General of the federation , Abubakar Malami, Dino Melaye, a former Minister of Youth and Sports; Solomon Dalong; Dele Momodu, Senator Gabriel Suswam, and Senator Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP), former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd.).

The party was originally named Alliance for Democratic Change when it was formed in 2005, but it was renamed the African Democratic Congress by the time the party was registered with the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).