
The official website of the African Democratic Party (ADC) has crashed barely 48 hours after opposition leaders announced the adoption of the party ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, among others, joined forces on Wednesday as they unveiled ADC as the party to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Some of the other members of the party include former Senate President David Mark, former Osun State governor Rauf Aregbesola, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and ex-Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai.
When Gists9ja visited www.adc.org.ng on Friday afternoon, there was a message indicating that the bandwidth limit of the website had been 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 message read.
When a website shows the Bandwidth Limit Exceeded error, also known as Error 509, it could mean that the site is receiving a sudden and high volume of traffic more than the host can allow.
This 2024 article by Yetunde Salami, a web hosting expert, discloses that the error can be caused by other factors like media-heavy content, poorly optimised website, external embeds and hotlinking.
Some ways to fix the error include asking a web hosting provider to increase the website’s bandwidth, upgrading the hosting plan and monitoring the traffic the website is receiving.