Plans To Stop INEC Recognition Of Mark, Aregbesola Failed – ADC

Barely 24 hours aft the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recognised erstwhile Senate President David Mark and erstwhile Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola arsenic nationalist president and nationalist caput of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a ineligible determination to halt the electoral body’s enactment emerged yesterday.

Former ADC lawman nationalist president Hon Nafiu Bala Gombe had filed an ex parte exertion successful the Federal High Court successful Abuja, seeking to halt INEC from recognising Mark and Aregbesola’s enactment of the party.

However, the ADC enactment has clarified that, contrary to misleading reports, the Federal High Court successful Abuja did not contented immoderate bid restraining Mark and Aregbesola from acting arsenic the party’s nationalist president and nationalist secretary.

ADC nationalist publicity caput Malam Bolaji Abdullahi said the tribunal presided implicit by Hon. Justice Emeka Nwite, successful its ruling connected September 4, 2025 refused the ex-parte exertion filed by Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe and alternatively ordered that the defendants beryllium enactment connected announcement to look to amusement origin wherefore the exertion should not beryllium granted, and adjourned the substance to September 15, 2025.

Since erstwhile ADC nationalist president Ralph Nwosu formally handed implicit the party’s enactment to the absorption conjugation question successful July, immoderate aggrieved members person rejected the determination and refused to recognise the Mark-led leadership.

Dumebi Kachikwu, the party’s erstwhile statesmanlike candidate, has repeatedly rejected the Mark-led radical portion Bala Gombe declared himself the party’s nationalist chairman.

However, the Mark-led ADC revealed that Bala Gombe had resigned arsenic ADC lawman nationalist president and insisted that each processes starring to its enactment takeover were legitimate.

The quality implicit the party’s enactment came to a definitive basal erstwhile INEC formally recognised Mark and Aregbesola connected its authoritative website.

ADC reacts to tribunal injunction

ADC nationalist spokesperson Bolaji Abdullahi accused the opposing campy of resorting to fake quality by claiming that the tribunal has restrained INEC from recognising Mark and Aregbesola.

Describing them arsenic governmental jobbers, Abdullahi said fake quality has go their past edifice of desperation.

“They had been disappointed by INEC’s determination to basal connected the broadside of the Nigerians by acknowledging the party’s enactment change,” helium said.

While urging the media and the nationalist to beware of fake quality and to verify accusation to debar misleading Nigerians, the ADC spokesperson said the tribunal did not contented immoderate bid restraining Mark and Aregbesola from functioning arsenic the ADC nationalist president and secretary, respectively.

“Instead, the Honourable Court refused the ex parte exertion brought by Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe and directed that the substance proceed with owed process.

“This goes to amusement that these agents of destabilisation volition halt astatine nothing, including misrepresenting tribunal rulings, successful their hopeless efforts to sow disorder and further undermine absorption parties.”

Aggrieved Members Welcome Court Action Against Mark, Aregbesola

Meanwhile, aggrieved members hailed the Federal High Court’s caller determination restraining Mark, Aregbesola, and others from parading themselves arsenic the party’s nationalist enforcement members.

They said the ruling validated its presumption connected the legitimacy of its enactment and reaffirmed its determination to reconstruct what it described arsenic the “authentic glory” of the ADC.

Dr. Christopher O. Okechukwu, who said helium is ADC’s manager of media and nationalist affairs, described the improvement arsenic a triumph for bid wrong the party.

He said, “The Federal High Court’s bid restraining Sen. David Mark, Rauf Aregbesola, and others from parading themselves arsenic National Executive members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has vindicated our position. We invited this improvement and reaffirm our committedness to reclaiming and restoring the party.”

He extended an invitation to salient governmental figures, including Mark, Aregbesola, erstwhile Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, erstwhile Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi, conjugation members, and Nigerians astatine ample to articulation the ADC.

Okechukwu urged enactment stakeholders to rally down the enactment of Hon. Nafiu Bala arsenic nationalist chairman, stressing that unity was indispensable for repositioning the party.

According to him, plans are underway to rotation retired a seamless rank registration exercise, with rank cards and registers to beryllium distributed nationwide.

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