₦airaland Forum

franchasng:
ADC NEC just woke up yesterday to reject David Mark that was declared new Chairman of ADC since July 2025, can't you use your head bra? This is nothing but a Presidential script with plenty loopholes being ignored because it's the Presidency sponsoring the crises like they did in PDP, LP, NNPP and even SDP when the coalition tried to decamp to SDP.



Be honest for once and stand dancing around the bush.


No ADC NEC ratified Nafiu Bala Gombe becoming ADC Chairman, he just unilaterally assumed the position as if he just won a military coup. It's illegal

How's it my business ADC NEC decides to wake up now? It's you and their problem, not mine.

As it stands now, Bala Gombe will win at the court.

Parachoko:
You keep on jumping around asking unnecessary questions

Gombe said he didn't resign, but you choose to believe people like David Mark and Atiku who said Gombe resigned

Let me also ask you a question, at the court, if Gombe said he didn't resign while Atiku's camp claimed he resign, who will the court believe?

An African proverb says "You can't shave a man's head without his permission".

They are not verbally saying Bala Gombe resigned, they showed proof and backed the proof up.


The responsibility is on Bala Gombe to prove that truly his signature was forged by instituting a criminal case against those he claimed forged his signature and failure to do that means he is trying to be smart by half and should attract court contempt and a possibly jail term for trying to mislead the court, that's if Nigerian court was neutral and not being controlled by the President.

franchasng:
They are not verbally saying Bala Gombe resigned, they showed proof and backed the proof up.

Which Proof did they show Gombe resign?

Please show me because I didn't see it

Parachoko:
How's it my business ADC NEC decides to wake up now? It's you and their problem, not mine.

As it stands now, Bala Gombe will win at the court.

It is your business and the business of all those that know the truth and trying to twist obvious truth.

David Mark have been announced Chairman of ADC since July 2025 and he has been acting in that capacity ever since and INEC duly recognized him as ADC party Chairman and just few days ago that this mumu man called Bala Gombe's illegal case raised it's ugly head, boom ADC NEC abi whatever rushed out to claim that David Mark is no longer their party Chairman, can't you see that this is a poor script being acted by President Tinubu out of fear of losing to the growing opposition?

Parachoko:
Which Proof did they show Gombe resign?

Please show me because I didn't see it

They showed Bala Gombe's duly signed resignation letter and also showed their letter to INEC notifying them of Bala Gombe's resignation which INEC duly recognized and now the same Bala Gombe is claiming his signature was forged in that resignation letter but he failed to sue those he claimed forged his signature for criminal offense, which is a clear sign that he is lying and doesn't want legal scrutiny in court, reason he refused to sue those he claimed forged his signature.

fergie001:
What's the question Sir?

Why is David Mark and his camp challenging the ruling of the Appeal Court at the Supreme Court if it has no effect of their leadership of the party?

Why is David Mark and his camp asking for a stay of execution of the Appeal Court judgement if it has no effect on them?

Finally, why is David Mark and his camp doing everything possible not to allow the FHC rule on the matter? The Appeal court has ordered the FHC to grant them accelerated hearing, why are they refusing to go back to the FHC for a final ruling on the case? What is there at the FHC that they are running from?

franchasng:
They showed Bala Gombe's duly signed resignation letter and also showed their letter to INEC notifying them of Bala Gombe's resignation which INEC duly recognized and now the same Bala Gombe is claiming his signature was forged in that resignation letter but he failed to sue those he claimed forged his signature for criminal offense, which is a clear sign that he is lying and doesn't want legal scrutiny in court, reason he refused to sue those he claimed forged his signature.

You still haven't shown any evidence Bala Gombe resigned

This is the same way we were told Adelabu has resigned as a minister, he came out to debunk the news

Well, Bala Gombe have a very strong case at the court and I believe his faction will eventually win at the court

Parachoko:
After the ADC party chairman resigned, Bala automatically becomes the acting chairman

So what defect are you talking about?

The ADC party chairman didn't just resign, you are leaving out the part where he handed over to the David Mark led leadership in the interim. Prior to this, a letter about Gombe's resignation from the NWC of the party, which Nwosu and co forwarded to INEC remains unresolved.
If Gombe remained a bonafide member of the NWC of ADC, Nwosu would have handed over to him. More funny is that Gombe attended the handling over to David Mark interim leadership. The argument of the David Mark leadership is that Gombe, by attending the handover has conducted himself in such a manner as to make believe that he was no longer a member of the NWC of the party under the Nwosu leadership and should therefore be estopped from parading himself as such.
Therefore, the position of the acting chairman shouldn't devolve to him.

Scorpio99:
The ADC party chairman didn't just resign, you are leaving out the part where he handed over to the David Mark led leadership in the interim.

Which section of the ADC constitution gives him the power to handover to an outsider like David Mark who just recently joined the party?

Is that what the ADC constitution says if a Party Chairman resign?

franchasng:
They showed Bala Gombe's duly signed resignation letter and also showed their letter to INEC notifying them of Bala Gombe's resignation which INEC duly recognized and now the same Bala Gombe is claiming his signature was forged in that resignation letter but he failed to sue those he claimed forged his signature for criminal offense, which is a clear sign that he is lying and doesn't want legal scrutiny in court, reason he refused to sue those he claimed forged his signature.

It was based on that resignation letter that INEC initially recognize the David Mark led leadership before now reneging on it.

Parachoko:
Which section of the ADC constitution gives him the power to resign and handover to an outsider like David Mark who just recently joined the party?

Outsider and just recently joined should not be in the same sentence. Outsider isn't a member of the party, just recently joined is a member of the party.

Parachoko:
You still haven't shown any evidence Bala Gombe resigned

This is the same way we were told Adelabu has resigned as a minister, he came out to debunk the news

Well, Bala Gombe have a very strong case at the court and I believe his faction will eventually win at the court

I don't want to attach the resignation letter because I know you have seen it together with the INEC correspondence recognizing the resignation of Bala Gombe. It was on Nairaland front page few days ago, you saw it.


Bala Gombe have no case, it's just the timing to deal with him legally plus the fact that President Tinubu is the one instigating all these crises in all major opposition parties, from LP to PDP to NNPP to SDP and now ADC simply because he knows he failed and cannot be reelected by Nigerians so he is looking for short cuts to win reelection at all cost

Scorpio99:
The ADC party chairman didn't just resign, you are leaving out the part where he handed over to the David Mark led leadership in the interim. Prior to this, a letter about Gombe's resignation from the NWC of the party, which Nwosu and co forwarded to INEC remains unresolved.
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Are you there when Gombe resign?

If you're there please provide evidence because Gombe is saying he didn't resign, while you keep on insisting he resigned

This is the way some people like you spread the fake news that Adelabu has resigned

franchasng:
I don't want to attach the resignation letter because I know you have seen it together with the INEC correspondence recognizing the resignation of Bala Gombe. It was on Nairaland front page few days ago, you saw it.


Bala Gombe have no case, it's just the timing to deal with him legally plus the fact that President Tinubu is the one instigating all these crises in all major opposition parties, from LP to PDP to NNPP to SDP and now ADC simply because he knows he failed and cannot be reelected by Nigerians so he is looking for short cuts to win reelection at all cost

If you don't want to share it is fine.

But you can't be insisting Gombe resigned when Gombe himself is saying he didn't resign.

Gombe will win the court case

Scorpio99:
The ADC party chairman didn't just resign, you are leaving out the part where he handed over to the David Mark led leadership in the interim. Prior to this, a letter about Gombe's resignation from the NWC of the party, which Nwosu and co forwarded to INEC remains unresolved.
If Gombe remained a bonafide member of the NWC of ADC, Nwosu would have handed over to him. More funny is that Gombe attended the handling over to David Mark interim leadership. The argument of the David Mark leadership is that Gombe, by attending the handover has conducted himself in such a manner as to make believe that he was no longer a member of the NWC of the party under the Nwosu leadership and should therefore be estopped from parading himself as such.
Therefore, the position of the acting chairman shouldn't devolve to him.

Who should it then go to? He was the deputy. Acting chairman is temporary and possibly can be removed even a week after.
It is clear that some interests are using the man but it is because the new members left the door opened. Can the man do anything without the input of those big shots in the party? No. So why not do the right thing and reform the exco?

Scorpio99:
Outsider and just recently joined should not be in the same sentence. Outsider isn't a member of the party, just recently joined is a member of the party.

What I mean by "he's an outsider" is that, he's not among the party hierarchy.

He recently joined and he's made the party chairman immediately while old party members like Bala become an ordinary party member

Just

9jatriot:
For starters, what all of these first of all prove is that INEC is not against Atiku and co...

I noticed you did not bring the constitution of ADC which states that a member must have served at least 2 years as a member of the party before he can become an exco, not that he comes on day 1 and do a coup or hostile take over of the party and start claiming leader of the party.

Now, back to the affidavit, how does this help the case of ADC is what I want to know. This affidavait shows that on the 12th of September, based on whatever info they had, they recognized David Mark as the leader of ADC, however, sometime in March, they got new intel that that info is not exactly right and this time from the court and so obey.

My own question is on what basis did INEC even recognize them before, that should evenn be investigated.

Oga, with due respect, you are not making sense....

At your age and exposure in life, you should not allow yourself to become a slave of tribal and ethnocentric proclivities...

Does it occur to you guys that Tinubu will not remain president ad infinitum?

Why are you guys in the South West hellbent on mortgaging your political fortunes and wellbeing and that of your generations unborn on the altar of a Tinubu incompetent leadership?

Why are you like this?

Parachoko:
Which section of the ADC constitution gives him the power to handover to an outsider like David Mark who just recently joined the party?

Is that what the ADC constitution says if a Party Chairman resign?

They convened an ADC NEC meeting which all the NEC members attended and they dissolved the NWC and then later announced new interim committee to be headed by David Mark.


This Bala Gombe only started making trouble after the new interim NWC committee led by David Mark failed to appoint him as Deputy Chairman Northeast. He felt sidelined and then went to court claiming he didn't resign after he duly resigned with a duly signed letter.


I agree they may have played him by making him to resign first before appointing new committee members in which he got removed.

He ought to have looked for some cool headed top members like Peter Obi side and reached out to them to plead his cause instead of doing what he is doing destroying his name and future for crumbs.


I reference Peter Obi because he likes Peter Obi and have affirmed his support for Obi severally before all these drama.

franchasng:
They convened an ADC NEC meeting which all the NEC members attended and they dissolved the NWC and then later announced new interim committee to be headed by David Mark.

So do you have any evidence Bala Gombe is in support of the dissolution of the NWC?

Gombe said he's not in support of all what the ex chairman did neither did the ex chairman carried him along.

Gombe has gone to the court and he has a valid case. There's no evidence he ever resigned neither is any evidence he supported the dissolution of the NWC

Like I keep telling people like you who speak below par. If these are the kind of advice that ADC is getting then it is rather unfortunate.

When you open an argument with the kind of opening statement after quoting a particular post, common sense dictates that you try to disprove the points, but instead, you went on an emotional trajectory, how does that validate the truth you are avoiding to hear?

maestroferddi:
JustOga, with due respect, you are not making sense....

At your age and exposure in life, you should not allow yourself to become a slave of tribal and ethnocentric proclivities...

[s]Does it occur to you guys that Tinubu will not remain president ad infinitum?

Why are you guys in the South West hellbent on mortgaging your political fortunes and wellbeing and that of your generations unborn on the altar of a Tinubu incompetent leadership?

Why are you like this?[/s]

Many of you guys do not even know what you are defending. That case has been on since August 2025, they only just got a verdict in March to go and finish the case that David Mark was running from.

HOw do you guys even defend without knowing what you are defending sef?

franchasng:
It is your business and the business of all those that know the truth and trying to twist obvious truth.

David Mark have been announced Chairman of ADC since July 2025 and he has been acting in that capacity ever since and INEC duly recognized him as ADC party Chairman and just few days ago that this mumu man called Bala Gombe's illegal case raised it's ugly head, boom ADC NEC abi whatever rushed out to claim that David Mark is no longer their party Chairman, can't you see that this is a poor script being acted by President Tinubu out of fear of losing to the growing opposition?

Parachoko:
What I mean by "he's an outsider" is that, he's not among the party hierarchy.

He recently joined and he's made the party chairman immediately while old party members like Bala become an ordinary party member

Nothing in the ADC constitution says that Nwosu cannot hand over to David Mark. The argument of Gombe when he went to court in 2025 was that the handover did not follow due process (voting, consensus). This is what is challenged by the David Mark leadership that the handover was legitimate because:
1. Bala Gombe's letter where he resigned from the NWC of the party.
2. Even if the letter was forged, Bala Gombe should be estopped because by attending the handover, he has conducted himself in such a way that he approved of it.

Parachoko:
So do you have any evidence Bala Gombe is in support of the dissolution of the NWC?

Gombe said he's not in support of all what the ex chairman did neither did the ex chairman carried him along.

Gombe has gone to the court and he has a valid case

His duly signed resignation letter is more than a proof.

If Bala Gombe claimed his signature on the resignation letter was forged, he ought to have sued for criminal charges alongside his other case claiming to be the next Chairman of ADC.

Failure to sure for criminal charges against those he claimed forged his signature is an indirect admittance that he is lying and that should attract a jail term for trying to mislead the court.

Criminal case against those that he claimed forged his signature ought to be the first case followed by others because once he wins that, he can then rightfully claim his position and press on the ADC NEC to ratify his ascension as the new ADC party Chairman.

9jatriot:
How does all of these releases help these folks in ADC.... Did INEC ever say they did not recognize Mark, all they have said is that the court has told them no longer to recognize him and as a responsible organization they have obeyed. The real question should be, under what circumstances did they even recognize him in the first place?

If anything, this affidavit even proves that INEC was even on their side, contrary to all the bogus claims that INEC was trying to muscle them out of the election.

Instead of them to go and beg the Bala Gombe and tell him that they now accept him as leader and find a way to move forward, considering how little time they now have, they are doing court of social media, like how will this reinstate the hijacker chairman as party leader is what me have been trying to understand since morning.

For those who do not know, INEC so far does not even recognize even the other guy, all INEC has said is sort out your issues and go back to the court and let us know the outcome and we will recognize whoever you guys agree on.

The court did not ask INEC not to recognize David Mark and the ADC leadership. The court simply asked INEC to maintain "status quo ante bellum". What INEC needed to do was to maintain the status quo or go back to the court to explain the judgment. The INEC Chair and indeed APC are playing a dangerous game here.

Scorpio99:
Nothing in the ADC constitution says that Nwosu cannot hand over to David Mark. The argument of Gombe when he went to court in 2025 was that the handover did not follow due process (voting, consensus). This is what is challenged by the David Mark leadership that the handover was legitimate because:
1. Bala Gombe's letter where he resigned from the NWC of the party.
2. Even if the letter was forged, Bala Gombe should be estopped because by attending the handover, he has conducted himself in such a way that he approved of it.

According to the ADC constitution, you must be a party member for at least 2 years before you can occupy any position in the party.

There's no political party all over Nigeria where the constitution states the party chairman can resign and handover to whoever he wants.

After any political party chairman resign, the next in line will take over from the chairman in acting capacity

lawani:
Who should it then go to? He was the deputy. Acting chairman is temporary and possibly can be removed even a week after.
It is clear that some interests are using the man but it is because the new members left the door opened. Can the man do anything without the input of those big shots in the party? No. So why not do the right thing and reform the exco?

He was the deputy. But he resigned by a letter duly signed by him and which was forwarded to INEC. It was based on that that the position of Acting chairman no longer devolves on him. It is that same letter that he is denying, meanwhile he attended the handover to David Mark leadership.

franchasng:
They convened an ADC NEC meeting which all the NEC members attended and they dissolved the NWC and then later announced new interim committee to be headed by David Mark.


This Bala Gombe only started making trouble after the new interim NWC committee led by David Mark failed to appoint him as Deputy Chairman Northeast. He felt sidelined and then went to court claiming he didn't resign after he duly resigned with a duly signed letter.


I agree they may have played him by making him to resign first before appointing new committee members in which he got removed.

He ought to have looked for some cool headed top members like Peter Obi side and reached out to them to plead his cause instead of doing what he is doing destroying his name and future for crumbs.


I reference Peter Obi because he likes Peter Obi and have affirmed his support for Obi severally before all these drama.

Then why are you fighting online against somebody that supports your Peter Obi? Is he a leper that he can't be the chairman even for two weeks? As chairman, what can he do alone? He can't do anything alone and he definitely can not determine who wins an open primary election

franchasng:
His duly signed resignation letter is more than a proof.

So why are you not insisting Tinubu must sack Adelabu since Nigerians saw his duly signed resignation letter?

Gombe is saying he didn't resign, but you keep on insisting he resigned 😂

When the court rules in his favour, you go start to dey wail. Instead of you people to look at reality on ground, Una no go gree

Scorpio99:
He was the deputy. But he resigned by a letter duly signed by him and which was forwarded to INEC. It was based on that that the position of Acting chairman no longer devolves on him. It is that same letter that he is denying, meanwhile he attended the handover to David Mark leadership.

It is like someone who agreed to marry you but later reneged. There is a loophole and he is now using it. One big loophole is the party constitution that says you must be two years in the party before being made an exco.

Parachoko:
According to the ADC constitution, you must be a party member for at least 2 years before you can occupy any position in the party.

There's no political party all over Nigeria where the constitution states the party chairman can resign and handover to whoever he wants.

After any political party chairman resign, the next in line will take over from the chairman in acting capacity

The same ADC constitution grants the National Working Committee some discretion to grant waivers in certain circumstances. I agree that the waivers are only about contesting elections and not about internal political offices.
But remember that between March and May of last year, in a bid to attract new members and form a stronger coalition, the Nwosu leadership effected constitutional amendments which specifically waived the the two year membership you are referencing.

Parachoko:
So why are you not insisting Tinubu must sack Adelabu since Nigerians saw his duly signed resignation letter?

Gombe is saying he didn't resign, but you keep on insisting he resigned 😂

When the court rules in his favour, you go start to dey wail. Instead of you people to look at reality on ground, Una no go gree

Nothing concern me with whatever Tinubu does with his cabinet members and appointees, so we are not interested, if he likes let him acknowledge his resignation, if he likes let him not, it is the responsibility of those that wants to benefit from the said resignation and none resignation that should pursue it.


Mine is to expose Nigerian court's injustice and Tinubu's desperate efforts to strangle opposition using Nigerian courts, INEC and some unscrupulous individuals.

lawani:
It is like someone who agreed to marry you but later reneged. There is a loophole and he is now using it. One big loophole is the party constitution that says you must be two years in the party before being made an exco.

Nwosu led NWC of ADC changed this ADC party constitution before David Mark and co joined.


Nwosu and his committee members changed it to attract strong opposition members to ADC.


So that one is null and void, don't pay attention to anybody bringing it up