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tuoyoojo:
Watch how tinubu would bring wahala to this new party

He doesn't have to. Kwankwaso will do the job.

He should leave quickly. God loves President Bola Ahmed Tinubu so much, that his enemies are fighting one another. Expect more intrigues in the new party that the agulu fraudster is entering next. Inconsistency follows him like flies on faeces.

INEC must not pay attention to these unserious people or it would be deemed favouritism and bias.

I feel good right now knowing that Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso will no longer be part of ADC forced coalition and they themselves brought the fake momentum to an abrupt halt.

sleek214:
Obi met with Tinubu in Rome last year, what were you expecting?

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cannot bribe a lowlife like Peter Obi. For what na?

hegelian:
You go just kill yourself..
You said inec won't recognise Mark and shouting every where, now that omwc don recognise Mark leadership, I stead of you to lick your wound in peace, you are running everywhere like a headless chicken

You just dey kill yourself over nothing

In his Facebook page, Deji has said that Peter Obi is plotting to divide opposition votes again. He says Obi is planning to decamp to another party in order to give President Bola Ahmed Tinubu easy route to victory. He depicted Peter Obi as a human chameleon


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AMINDA
Smartpolician

Yarimo
Seunmsg

Atiku Abubakar went to congratulate David Mark yesterday.

Peter Obi is yet to visit his party chairman or even acknowledge the court judgement of yesterday.

Maybe he expected it to go against Mark so that he will have a good excuse to decamp.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
NYou go cry tire with this your apc interpretation

You are the one crying, continue checking INEC portal every 3 minutes to see if Mark's name has been restored

Sunnyshinylight:
Supreme Court Decision on ADC Leadership and Its Implications

Overview of the Judgment

The Supreme Court of Nigeria in the dispute concerning the leadership of the African Democratic Congress ruled as follows:

1. The Court affirmed the leadership position associated with the David Mark led faction of the ADC.
2. It set aside the earlier Court of Appeal order which had imposed a status quo arrangement that effectively froze recognition of any leadership faction.
3. The Court held that the Court of Appeal exceeded its jurisdiction in issuing that directive.
4. The substantive dispute regarding the internal leadership structure of the party was sent back to the Federal High Court for continuation and determination.

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Legal Meaning of the Decision

The Supreme Court decision has the following legal implications:

1. The David Mark led faction currently holds legal recognition as the operational leadership structure referenced by the Supreme Court outcome.
2. The earlier legal restriction that prevented recognition of any faction has been removed.
3. Institutions such as the Independent National Electoral Commission are expected to engage with the recognised leadership structure in official party matters.
4. The underlying dispute has not been fully resolved and remains active at the trial court level.

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Does This Mean the ADC EXCO Is Now Recognised

The answer is yes in a qualified sense.

What is confirmed

1. The David Mark aligned leadership is presently the recognised faction based on the Supreme Court position.
2. This faction is in a legally stronger position to act as the official party leadership.
3. Party administration and engagement with electoral authorities are expected to flow through this structure.

What is not confirmed

1. The ownership and final control of the party has not been permanently settled.
2. The Federal High Court still has the authority to make a final determination.
3. Rival factions are not automatically dissolved by this decision.

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Practical Political Implications

1. The recognised leadership gains control over party administration and internal processes.
2. Candidate selection and primaries are expected to be conducted under this leadership structure.
3. The faction benefits from stronger institutional recognition in the short term.
4. Internal party disputes may still continue until a final judgment is delivered.

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Key Clarification

This judgment should be understood as a procedural and structural victory rather than a final settlement of ownership. It strengthens one faction legally but does not permanently end the broader dispute.

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Summary

The Supreme Court decision currently places the David Mark led faction in a recognised leadership position within the ADC structure. However, the matter is not fully concluded and remains subject to final determination at the Federal High Court. The situation represents legal recognition with ongoing litigation rather than final political closure.

You lie. The Supreme Court has not given any sort of relief to David Mark. Rather it acknowledged that his leadership is in dispute and compelled him to return to the High court for resolution. INEC therefore is restrained till the matter is settled at the lower court.

See Obedients lawyer telling them what I have already told them here, but the dundees are just as dull as the 3rd class fraudster.

The Supreme Court has not and did not recognize David Mark as ADC chairman. It simply told him to go the lower court and resolve his contested position.

Twisting the outcome of the case with sponsored headlines in newspapers will not force INEC to recognize an illegal leadership. How can the supreme court restore Mark and still ask him to go back to the lower court for final determination?

koning:
The supreme court did declare Mark the authentic chairman. If you can learn to read between the lines and decipher coded language.

The supreme court nullified a decision from the court of appeal which is a higher appellate court to the high courts.

The FHC cannot come to any other decision when and if it hears the case again. Only people who support evil are opposing the supreme court judgement.

No the Supreme Court did not declare Mark the chairman. Show me where it did. Mark is currently in limbo.

pavoda:
INEC AFFIDAVIT CLEARLY AGRRES THAT THE MARK FACTION IS THE LEGITIMATE FACTION. THEY CANT ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE ANY RESERVATION, AGAIN THIS IS NOT A JOKE

No it didn't affirm Mark's faction. It only says that it monitored the Congress that brought the Mark faction into office which doesn't legitimize it when the foundation is faulty. If it was siding with Mark, it would have asked the court to strike the case down.

DeLaRue:
You're overstating INEC's power.

INEC does not have the power to ignore a court order or judgement.

It can't even ignore the order of a magistrate Court, let alone that of a High Court, the Court of Appeal, or the mighty Supreme Court.

INEC's problem is usually around confusing/unclear or contradictory Court judgements where it has to carefully decode exactly what an unclear judgement means.

If a court judgement is clear, INEC has no choice, it must follow the judgement 100%.

Why are you bent on continuing to condradict yourself? The Supreme Court has just told you that no court has the power to interfere in the political affairs of a party and you think INEC will obey a court judgement that says otherwise? The reason why Mark's name will not be restored is that there is still dispute concerning the leadership of the party and if they can't resolve it among themselves internally, INEC will step in to take a stand, which could mean recognizing nobody at all as the ADC leadership.

pavoda:
Inec did not file a counter Affidavit in court. They have no legitimate horse in this race except of course they want to play to the gallery

Filing a counter affidavit will make them look like they are all out to get Mark and his group kicked out. They wanted the Supreme Court to settle the issue but the court threw the gauntlet back at the conflicting parties and INEC who have the power of final resolution if the parties can't resolve their differences.

DeLaRue:
I have not read the judgement but if as it is being reported, the Supreme Court has quashed the Court of Appeal's order to return to the previous status quo, then INEC has no choice but to reinstall Mr Mark's name.

The only issue now is yesterday's Federal High Court judgement which barred INEC from recognising the Mr Mark-led leadership.

Nobody is restoring Mark's name when the party still has conflicting leadership and they have not been able to resolve it internally.

koning:
Just imagine the question you're asking me?!

Compulsion does not have to come from the courts. The constitution and the electoral acts compels INEC to do the right thing.

Have you forgotten that INEC is just a referee. An impartial referee at that, regardless of who appoints the chairman.

This is my last response to your questions.

Note: Referring the case back to the FHC is just a formality from the supreme court. The judge of the FHC will throw out the case formally. That's what the supreme court asked him to do. It was out of respect for the FHC.

You are contradicting yourself. A referee takes decisions. He can award a penalty, issue a red card, stop a match etc. INEC has so much powers and they can settle a dispute in a party in a manner that seem fair to them as the referee.

Bankowner:
I don't know about these things, but I beg to disagree concerning INEC having the constitutional power to decide who the authentic leader of a political party is.

I assure you INEC does. I dare anyone to take INEC to court over the issue.

babajero:
Even with the ANTE BELLUM inec chairman doesn't have the right to take such decision, what inec chairman can do or should have done is to go to the court for interpretation and not acting as a court on its own.

But supreme court just told you that the courts are not supposed to interfere. INEC is already constitutionally empowered to take a stand.

DeLaRue:
INEC removing Mr Mark's name wasn't even a big thing, just as his name being restored doesn't change anything.

It is the outcome of the cases in the lower courts that are yet to be decided that matter.

If his name is removed and he wins those cases, then his name will have to be reinstalled.

Equally, if his name is reinstalled and his camp loses the cases at the lower court, his name will be removed, even if it's August, October or whenever.

In essence, it is the outcome of the cases that matter. The rest is noise.

Mark's faction of ADC has only one week left to submit their membership register to INEC to enable them conduct primaries. Without his name and that of his secretary on INEC portal, no correspondence can be accepted from him. You get?

Can they conclude their case at the FHC in one week?

Vision101:
The SC asked them to go back to the FHC. The case will continue. Any decision taken by Mark and company if they lose Zamfara situation will happen to them even if they win any election. There's nothing to celebrate here. Any politician contesting under ADC is gambling. The mines are laid.

I assure you that INEC will not upload the names of Mark and his ursupers to their portal. The Supreme Court has left INEC to be fully in charge now and no legal remedy for the aggrieved.

Reloadedisraelp:
Many people don't even understand this sc judgement..... The matter go long till almost election day .... Be jubilating what u don't know about.. the matter still dey pending for court.

Leave those followers of 3rd class graduate. They never see anything yet

koning:
Ever heard of democracy?. It's a game of numbers. There's no association of persons where agreement is 100%.

Election will be held and INEC is compelled to accept the executive that was elected.

APC, Tinubu and co still have one trump card they could use. But i will not reveal it here. All the SAN's on both sides are capable.

However, besides party politics, BAT is in charge of the security and unity of Nigeria as a nation. He must hold that high in any thing he and APC want to do.

But the Supreme Court just told you that courts have no power in the internal affairs of parties. So which court will compel INEC to do anything concerning their internal dispute? Do tell.

fredoooooo:
They send them baxk to the court that make the decision .. as expected ... its going to be the same judgement

No it is not. By the time the court even determines that, the time permitted for primaries and submission of candidates would have elapsed.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Same Inec chairman that is fighting for his job? Dey play.You think tinubu and Inec can hold this country to ransom

INEC chairman will serve out his two terms of ten years complete. President Tinubu did his research before choosing him.

Yinkson69:
It's not a care win yet. I think a trap has been set for ADC with this judgement.

Why are you letting the cat out of the bag? INEC portal is still empty for ADC. Mark is a goner.

demstone:
ADC LEADERS ND FOLLOWERS ARE NOT SMART AT ALL

THEY CNT EVEN SEE THE TRAP

THE MORE THEY LOOK THE LESS THEY SEE

Leave those dundees.

Why are you begging like this?

Peter Obi the agulu fraudster has made it very clear that he is not running as VP again.

onuman:
Your wish: an independent umpire to take sides with one of the competing teams.
In what akwaya do you live in?

You see that you are not making sense. But you want INEC to take sides with Mark. On what basis?