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Nafi’u Bala, a former governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Gombe State, has announced himself as the new national chairman of the party, sparking a fresh leadership crisis.

At a late-night press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, July 30, Bala, who previously served as the party’s national deputy chairman, accused the David Mark-led interim leadership of unlawfully hijacking the ADC in violation of its constitution.

He vowed to resist what he described as an elite-driven attempt to repurpose the party as a platform for a new opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 elections.

Last month, several prominent political figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Senate President David Mark, former PDP chairman Uche Secondus, and former governors Babangida Aliyu, Aminu Tambuwal, Sam Egwu, and Liyel Imoke, announced their adoption of the ADC as the base for their coalition.

Other notable names backing the coalition include former Kaduna governor Nasir el-Rufai, 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, ex-ministers Rauf Aregbesola, Rotimi Amaechi, Solomon Dalung, and former APC chairman John Odigie Oyegun.

However, the coalition has faced internal resistance within the ADC.

On Wednesday, July 2, Ralph Nwosu, the party’s founder and long-time chairman, stepped down and endorsed the interim leadership under Mark.

Days later, on July 29, Nwosu claimed he was offered three ministerial appointments to abandon the plan of turning the ADC into a unifying platform for the opposition, a move he said he rejected.

A faction within the ADC has rejected the coalition takeover, arguing that the party cannot be used as a ‘private platform’ for political elites.

Dumebi Kachikwu, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has also criticised the move, describing it as undemocratic and unrepresentative of the party’s grassroots base.

Bala, insisting he has the backing of genuine party members, said the group would be heading to court to challenge the alleged unconstitutional takeover.

“We wish to draw the attention of all members of our great party and Nigerians at large, to the ongoing acts of political hooliganism being perpetrated by some individuals who were hitherto entrusted with the leadership of the party,” Bala said.

“We are all living witnesses to the show of shame and acts of lawlessness being displayed by these unscrupulous leaders, who, without any qualm or sense of moral restraint, plunged our party into a needless crisis and leadership uncertainty.

“The idea of mortgaging the future of our great party, by abdicating the constitutional duties and responsibilities of all elected officers of the party, to some powerful outsiders who never belong to the party, is condemnable.

“Recently, the nation woke up only to be greeted by a shoddily rehearsed political melodrama, in which elected roles were switched with certain groups of political strangers in order to facilitate the complete takeover of the party structures and their political appurtenances.

“This total surrender and capitulation is without any known precedent in our democratic journey to constitutional order. We are therefore strongly resolved and collectively determined to challenge this affront and ensure that the party’s laid down rules and stipulated provisions are respected and strictly adhered to by all those who belong to it.

“In case these individuals choose to ignore our urgent calls to obey our constitutional guidelines and thus remain very obdurate and recalcitrant in their aberrant behaviour, we shall proceed with gusto to challenge these gross acts of impunity in the courts and bring them to justice.

“It gives us enormous pain to inundate you with these scandalous happenings in our party, but we have been left with no other option to take in defence of our inalienable constitutional rights, as evident by the prevailing situation we now find ourselves in the party.

“In the history of democracy all over the world, no party leader or any group of leaders have the power to arbitrarily transfer elected mandate or political authority to non-members who never belonged or contested for political office.”

He stated that the ADC constitution clearly outlines the procedures for succession and the proper process for filling leadership vacancies.

Citing these provisions, Bala announced that he has rightfully stepped into the position of interim national chairman in accordance with the party’s internal rules.

He called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently recognise his leadership and update its records to reflect the change.

With how tins are going in ADC.... I will soon declare myself new National chairman of ADC. Stay tuned.

Who knows how much APC has paid this one to start acting like a lunatic?

atiku4President:
Who knows how much APC has paid this one to start acting like a lunatic?

E nor konsign you


The game is politics , the more you look, the less you see.

atiku4President:
Who knows how much APC has paid this one to start acting like a lunatic?

Produce your evidence to your claim. Tell us what you know. You think ADC is like Labour Party that people go to reap from where they did not sow?!

Dem go show those invaders pepper.

Jagaban at work

What is stopping the likes of Atiku, El Rufai, David Mark and others to form their own new party. You can't just come PDP/APC and want to hijack some people years of struggles and investment.

Please what is so difficult in forming a new political party? Atiku and d his co can't just hijack a party by offering money to some set of people in the party while neglecting others and you think others will not put up a fight with you.

We have seen this before... the hand of the APC.
The Lamidi Apapa template.
But this will never derail the momentum of the Coalition ADC.
Nigerians are solidly behind the Coalition.

Ofunaofu:
We have seen this before... the hand of the APC.
The Lamidi Apapa template.
But this will never derail the momentum of the Coalition ADC.
Nigerians are solidly behind the Coalition.

So those people saying that they hijacked ADC from them illegally are not Nigerians?

..when you read & hear something like this..of course..you know it is the usual Modus operandi of characters like tilumbu, bwala o mockery, ffk , bayo..

..i like the way the evil Camp is getting real jittery..employing all crooked means to sell their lies, deceit & propaganda for state capture...

..if them like they should declare no party Formation, ban all parties & make Apcshit the sole party for 2027 election..

..tge only constant thing in 2027..is OTP tilumbu..

..the amount of Bullion vans he has deployed for state capture will never protect tilumbu fröm being a OTP...

..insha allah..

Does anybody still doubt Ralph Nwosu? APC is desperate. They have no path to victory.

Putinofrussia:
So those people saying that they hijacked ADC from them illegally are not Nigerians?

Did Abure hijack LP from Lamidi Apapa?

Mr nafiu bala is the authentic national chairman of ADC. Hijackers beware

Watch some apc urc.hins crawl out of the thread to insult what their Oga at the top is doing 😂😂😂

This one has being paid to sabotage ADC, just like lamidi Apapa. APC and petty politics are inseparable