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Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by gmo10(op): 3:43pm On Jul 31, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7voK9x_zLn0
Nafi’u Bala, a former governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Gombe State and erstwhile national deputy chairman of the party, has declared himself as the interim national chairman of the ADC.

The announcement was made at a press conference held on Wednesday night in Abuja.

Bala accused the David Mark-led interim leadership of the ADC of hijacking the party through unconstitutional means and warned of impending legal action to challenge what he described as a “total surrender” of the party’s structure to external political actors.

“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.

His declaration comes weeks after a coalition of prominent opposition figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, adopted the ADC as a platform to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

The coalition arrangement was formally announced on July 2 by Ralph Nwosu, founder and pioneer chairman of the ADC, who also revealed the resignation of the National Working Committee (NWC) and endorsed an interim leadership led by Mark.

But Bala insists the move lacks legal and moral legitimacy.

“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,” Bala declared.

He condemned what he called an unprecedented and undemocratic transfer of party leadership to “political strangers,” vowing to defend the party’s constitutional order.

“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,” he added.

Bala described the internal shake-up as a “shoddily rehearsed political melodrama,” saying it would be resisted through both party mechanisms and legal channels.

“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,” he said.

Bala emphasized that the party’s constitution clearly outlines the processes for leadership succession and that, in line with those provisions, he was now assuming the position of interim national chairman.

He called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “urgently” recognise him as the legitimate leader of the party.
Source;
https://politicsnigeria.com/breaking-bala-announces-takeover-of-adc-challenges-david-marks-leadership/

Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by gmo10(op): 3:46pm On Jul 31, 2025
Reason some of them are one leg here and one leg there.
Oti zeh
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Silasworld(m): 4:09pm On Jul 31, 2025
I knew that the current government will come for them.
Why are they afraid of people contesting against them. It's because they know they will loose.

No amount of rigging can save them in 2027. That's why they've decided to go un-oppose.

I sense serious fear in aso rock
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by shankara7: 4:10pm On Jul 31, 2025
Tinubu and the fear of opposition.. That is the number one trait of a dictator..
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Emmizofficial: 4:10pm On Jul 31, 2025
Tinubu the confusionist and master strategist
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by DeGLORIOUS: 4:11pm On Jul 31, 2025
una never move an inch, wahala Don dey full plate grin grin
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Gbadugbakun(m):
Tinubu has successfully infiltrated ADC. Congratulations to him.

The amount of money he's spending bribing people here and there to support him, if he puts it into governance this country would be better.
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by JohnPortar: 4:11pm On Jul 31, 2025
A lot of people will blame this on the current administration. Serious question though, why can’t they just register a new political party?
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by fergie001(mod): 4:11pm On Jul 31, 2025
Bala did it late.

It is past 14 days which you would have instituted this in Court, you didn't.
Now ADC NEC constituted a 50-man NWC two days ago in the presence of INEC officials well-represented.

Your arguments fall flat and deserve only one outcome, that is to be dismissed in its entirety, and punished with costs.
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Larryfest(m): 4:11pm On Jul 31, 2025
Lol.... coalition wey never solid don dey get sand inside der garri.
Naija politics and politicians na anywhere belle face.
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Kelklein(m):
Everyone knows whose handiwork is all these right?!

They want to use this guy for what they used Lamidi Apapa to do in LP..

They turned PDP into shadow of itself

Today all the oppositions are in tatters..

How a socalled fighter for democracy detests opposition so much in that democracy beats me..

Even Buhari that many thought would be a hardline despotic civilian President allowed the opposition some breathing space.. some states like Edo and Osun were allowed easy run by the country's electoral body during the elections..at least there was no barefaced râpe of democracy with impunity at the polling units and collation centres during the off-cycle governorship election.. Buhari never used divide-and-rule tactics and repression of opposition as a tactic, okay maybe minimally.. he only did what he had to while choosing his successor, and applied the Nigerian way of course in the end (remember the glitch?!)..

But these ones here today have used every tactics in the book and used State Institutions to ensure all forms of opposition are silenced..

All I see is panic tho.. and like someone said a clear symptom of dictatôrship!!

Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Karlman: 4:12pm On Jul 31, 2025
Tinubu
Tinubu
Tinubu
How many times I call you?

Fear God before God go do you strong thing!

You want to frustrate every other party.

On one hand, you're luring Obi to Pdp where you kept your drunk dog Wike to be frustrating any Presidential Aspirants.

Now after Nwosu rejected your offers to use him to destroy ADC, you have now found a willing dog to use to distract ADC.

Na you go finally destroy yourself in the end.
Some of your boys are even in lagos sowing seeds of hatred against Igbos!
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by jojomario(m): 4:13pm On Jul 31, 2025
When you think the ship is about to sail. Then comes an heavy ocean current. not even the storm yet. Many things will fall apart.
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Lazy9jaYouth: 4:13pm On Jul 31, 2025
Kwalation Fartee in the mud,
Las las every man will return to his former party and the votes will be divided again
A Win-Win for Tinubu come 2027

grin grin grin
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by anonimi:
gmo10:
Source;
https://politicsnigeria.com/breaking-bala-announces-takeover-of-adc-challenges-david-marks-leadership/
What happened to this LP chairman?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee3udtG88Ag?si=oNOxL1zlvfWogzzk


Is this what ebilokan is doing with the $84 billion subsidy savings and billions of dollars loans - bribe politicians to create enough crisis in opposition parties to help him continue his clueless and corrupt incompetent misgovernance?


anonimi:
May 1, 2025

May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu

According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”

On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.

Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/may-day-hunger-unemployment-insecurity-real-tinubu/
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by DeZoro(m): 4:13pm On Jul 31, 2025
This man is another department of APC, just imagine.. hahaha
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by maxiuc(m): 4:14pm On Jul 31, 2025
Another lamidi Apapa

Childish politics from wike and Tinubu this is how the king of politics plays his politics very nasty

A pig hardly survives in a clean environment same this criminals can't survive in a clean political space
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Olu1000: 4:14pm On Jul 31, 2025
Shame on you !! Shame on the former drug lord !! Both of you have failed already! After rendering PDP useless through the Rivers mannerless drunkard & practically rendering Labour Party equally useless , it is now ADC the old agbaya with fake identity and fake age wants to target ; he has failed already ! He is going back to Burdillon or his real home town of Iragbiji !!!
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by jchioma: 4:15pm On Jul 31, 2025
The hand of APC is written all over this move. Reminds me of Lamidi Apapa. What Tinubu cannot scatter does not exist. Soon, he will meet his match because when cunning man die, na cunning man go bury am.
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by givedemwotowoto: 4:15pm On Jul 31, 2025
The most insecure President ever! Not a Democrat, never was. Can’t fight in the ring because he’s weak
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by ukukaegbu(m): 4:15pm On Jul 31, 2025
I can see the hand of Pablo Escobar and his agents in this.

Using borrowed money to bribe politicians instead of actual governance
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Bar1941(m): 4:16pm On Jul 31, 2025
At last it is bottle and cutlass all these so call ADC members will use to decide who will be their presidential candidate.

It’s only Peteru the political prostitute that I pity cos his charisma can’t withstand the level of thuggery and violence these Atiku boys want to unleash.
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Ofunaofu: 4:16pm On Jul 31, 2025
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
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Shawarmagirl: 4:16pm On Jul 31, 2025
Why is Tinubu and APC so scared of election defeat? Tinubu busy sponsoring division in all political party same way he did in Lagos.

If APC knows Tinubu has perform and the masses will vote for him, they should stop causing problems in different political party.


ADC is not even the main platform for the contest. Waiting patiently for INEC to approved the party.
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by DeGLORIOUS: 4:16pm On Jul 31, 2025
una never go anywhere, wahala Don full plate grin grin we already know sey that coalition na collusion e go be
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by YesDaddyTill203: 4:17pm On Jul 31, 2025
Silasworld:
I knew that the current government will come for them.
Why are they afraid of people contesting against them. It's because they know they will loose.

No amount of rigging can save them in 2027. That's why they've decided to go un-oppose.

I sense serious fear in aso rock
As expected, you must find one moommooo excuse for all your problems. Everything must be Tinubu's fault.
In fact na Tinubu dey pay Obi to continue to be confused like a drun....
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by michoim(m): 4:17pm On Jul 31, 2025
Tinubu don find somebody to buy and use to destroy ADC...
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Akfrenzy(m): 4:18pm On Jul 31, 2025
APC has signed a midfielder of confusion 😆😆😆😆

Omo these guys eeg
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by DeGLORIOUS: 4:18pm On Jul 31, 2025
hat coalition na Tinubu's sugar cane plantation grin grin
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by atobs4real(m): 4:20pm On Jul 31, 2025
Sent too coming to cause confusion in the newly formed party.
Re: Nafi'u Bala Announces Takeover Of ADC, Challenges David Mark’s Leadership (vid) by Omenlon: 4:20pm On Jul 31, 2025
shankara7:
Tinubu and the fear of opposition.. That is the number one trait of a dictator..
as usual, una no dey dissappoint. Nwosu who singlehandedly sold a whole party out, no be una problem, na Tinubu be una problem. Yeye children everywhere.
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