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Nafiu Gombe resigned on May 17, and the NEC meeting that produced David Mark was on July 29. So Gombe went to Court on September 2, so the status quo ante bellum was supposed to be before September 2 of which there was a leadership. If we agree without conceding that, INEC's interpretation of status quo was to be before the NEC meeting, Ralph Nwosu would have been the Chairman, because at no time was the ADC without a leadership, the Court never envisaged that.

At this point, INEC is behaving like a criminal organisation and Amupitan is the chief criminal.

Bolaji Abdullahi
Ex-Sports Minister

heheheheheheheheh.......2027 here we go--------------------

Do you think you are contesting 2027 with a political party?


when we say you dont have structure what do you think we are tallking about??


Go to Inek or go Court we de wait for you.....

Wait till court pronounce it

lol Bolaji should better go and meet his lawyer.

Even Ihinebe, the charge and bail lawyer don dey change mouth.

You criminals Keep deluding yourselves in that ADC coalition suit.well we have nothing to say but this

Festus Ogun also asserting that David Mark lawyer na charge and bail

When sophisticated region tell you that Tulumbu will win by landslide just know that they’re not in support of

Credibility
Free and fair elections
Justice
Legality
Honesty
Absent of criminality

Every sane Nigerian knows that this useless fool called Amupitan was brought in just to rig 2027 elections.

floss:
When sophisticated region tell you that Tulumbu will win by landslide just know that they’re not in support of

Credibility
Free and fair elections
Justice
Legality
Honesty
Absent of criminality

Tinubu will win 100%.

All eyes on 2031. We don dey shop for candidate already.

Jail the criminals. Nigeria must succeed

I don't blame INEC. The founder of ADC who was the former ADC chairman should have handover to his vice when he left office but instead handed over to David Mark, a renegade member decamping from PDP last year or 8 months ago. And they expect his vice chairman to accept it without a fight.
Yet everyone is blaming Tinubu and APC for it.

The strategic positioning of Yorubas to ensure total dominance over Nigeria

State capture in motion

I hope students of history are watching

To anyone that care to know the genesis of ADC woes, read this.

INEC and the ADC Leadership Dispute: Legal Obligations Under Status Quo Ante Bellum

The genesis of INEC’s position in the ADC leadership dispute traces back to the NEC meeting of 29th July 2025, which produced a new leadership led by David Mark following the purported resignation of the Ralph Nwosu-led executive.

However, Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe, who denies resigning as Vice National Chairman, approached the Federal High Court Abuja claiming entitlement to the chairmanship. He sought to restrain both the David Mark-led executive and INEC from recognising the new leadership, filing a motion ex parte and a motion on notice for an interlocutory injunction ante bellum.

Rather than granting the ex parte application, His Lordship, Hon. Justice Emeka Nwite rightly ordered that parties be put on notice. However, instead of responding on the merits, the David Mark-led executive filed an appeal challenging that decision, an action that has significantly contributed to the present legal impasse.

In its judgment of 12th March 2026, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of David Mark led executive and made a clear preservatory order:

“Parties are hereby directed to maintain the status quo ante bellum and shall refrain from taking any step or doing any act capable of foisting a fait accompli on the court or otherwise rendering nugatory the proceedings before the trial court.”

This order admits of no ambiguity. Status quo ante bellum means a strict reversion to, and preservation of, the state of affairs as it existed before 2nd September 2025, when the suit was instituted. It is a binding command prohibiting any alteration of the res.

The Supreme Court has settled this position in A.G. Federation v. Abubakar (2007) 10 NWLR (Pt. 1041) 1, holding that parties must not take steps capable of prejudicing pending proceedings or presenting the court with a fait accompli. See also, Kotoye v. CBN (1989) 1 NWLR (Pt. 98) 419 which affirms that such orders are meant to freeze the legal and factual situation pending final determination.

Against this legal backdrop, INEC’s position is not discretionary, it is compelled by law. Faced with conflicting demands from both factions, the Commission is bound by the subsisting order of the court, which imposes a superior legal obligation.

Accordingly, INEC has taken the only lawful course: it has refused to recognise any faction of the ADC, declined to monitor or participate in party activities, and moved to remove names uploaded after the institution of the suit. Any contrary step would amount to a direct violation of a binding judgment of the Court of Appeal and a grave affront to judicial authority.

The law remains trite: no party can, by unilateral action, overreach the court. Until the Federal High Court determines the substantive dispute, any purported leadership outside the pre-dispute structure is a nullity, void, ineffectual, and dead on arrival.

© Bodunde Opeyemi, Esq.

They will rig 2027 elections. Nigerians,its not about prayers and voting. Lets find other means to remove these theives from power.

Keep blaming INEC and everyone but yourself for your problems. Sore loser

So for rejecting Mark and Aregbe now thse noise? ADC meshionu biko go look for another party chairman or pls forget it.

Hmmmmm 🤔It's quite unfortunate!

LegendHero:
lol Bolaji should better go and meet his lawyer.

Even Ihinebe, the charge and bail lawyer don dey change mouth.

Stop speaking big grammar Mr man, this country needs a revolution not election

For those who love Tinubu and APC, ask yourself, assuming the table turns around?

This is how democracy will collapse. A situation whereby some individuals seize power, disguising as democrats only to resort to tyranny, despotism, and dubious manipulations to subject everybody under their wicked ambition and erosion of rule of law is worst than military junta. Burkina Faso under military rule in Africa is far doing greater things to ameliorate the sufferings of the citizens than the current APC led government in Nigeria. The only thing they cared about is how to remain in power to continue with the loot.

The international community must have away to stand up to 'dictatorial-democracy'. A situation whereby a sitting government openly use state resources to whittle opposition and set up internal mechanism for chaos should be called to order, and if possible booted out of office. No country is an island in the real sense. If you violate human laws, you don't have business with democracy.

It is indeed a cartel since the drug baron took over governance.

Djele:
Stop speaking big grammar Mr man, this country needs a revolution not election

Leemao na Una wan do revolution?

Here's a clear evidence

E no go better for INEC

Tinumbu is desperate.......30 governors are not enough for him.

Jayhome24:
So for rejecting Mark and Aregbe now thse noise? ADC meshionu biko go look for another party chairman or pls forget it.

indont understand the reason why whenever things don’t go their way,instead of them to look at the root cause and then find solutions,the next thing is so start crying foul…what a people
ADC has been in existence before coalition with their rigistered party executives,when they form coalition did they regularise the new excos with the INEC after their selection?…no be just to Dey do nsogbu upandan,before you know it when INEC deadline is closed any aspirants that win on the ADC platform will still lose in court cos of these irregularities
Anyone whose senses has not been washed off the Niger will watch and see this

You hijacked the party and forged the former leadership’s signatures.

You falsely told your supporters they resigned voluntarily.

They went to court, and INEC stopped recognising you.

It’s not just INEC,you may also face serious issues with the DSS.
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— Bolaji Fesomade (@MasterBolaji) April 2, 2026

I knew it from the onset that this current inec chairman is going to be the most current inec chairman in the history of Nigeria. Tinubu must be appointed as president 2027 no argument about that, we all know he can never win in a Free and fair election, unless God Almighty says otherwise.

They know it will be difficult for them to ring on behalf of APC

Lanretoye:
indont understand the reason why whenever things don’t go their way,instead of them to look at the root cause and then find solutions,the next thing is so start crying foul…what a people

It's a coincidence that all the opposition parties are in crisis. Will absolve Wike of blame in the PDP crisis, for example? Is Wike not destroying the PDP for Tinumbu's gain?

Call a spade by its name regardless of whose ox is gored.

Amupitan, don't allow Nigeria to become History, ka ma fi oruko yin pitan.

All they want is a coronation come May 29th 2027 and that cannot happen.

Jayhome24:
Tell obi to leave adc failure to do so we will do what we did to Lp to adc.

We mean business with obi and raw business with any party he join.
We stand our ground on this unrepentant and with no apology.

Is this raw sarcasm or sheer mischief?
Anyways, whichever one it is, APC will fail this time.

Criminal calling another man a criminal.