2027: Who’s After ADC?. Is Justice Peter Lifu’s judgment against the Senator David Mark-led executive of the African Democratic Congress impartial or a plot to prevent the opposition party from participating in the 2027 Is Justice Peter Lifu’s judgment against the Senator David Mark-led executive of the African Democratic Congress impartial or a plot to prevent the opposition party from participating in the 2027 elections?
Davidson Iriekpen asks J ustice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja last Thursday stirred the already tense political atmosphere when he declared the Senator David Mark-led executive of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) illegal and invalidated the actions it had taken on behalf of the party.
Among the affected decisions was the nomination of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general election.
Atiku has since chosen former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as his running mate.
The judgment also cast doubt on the candidacies of no fewer than 1,503 people contesting various positions under the party. ADC has on its list 28 governorship candidates, 108 senatorial hopefuls, 352 House of Representatives standard bearers, and 1,015 Houses of Assembly picks for the 2027 general election. Justice Lifu’s followed a suit filed by Nafiu Bala Gombe, a former National Deputy Chairman (North-East) of the ADC, who challenged the process through which the Mark-led caretaker committee assumed control of the party. Gombe argued that following the resignation of the former National Chairman, Chief Ralph Nwosu, he was entitled to take over the party’s leadership.
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