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Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by RealityKings1: 11:52am On Nov 05
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Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by sigmax: 11:52am On Nov 05
Wahala ,though I think that Atiku will still contest but he will come second .
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Kalashnikov49: 11:53am On Nov 05
This is now desperation promax.

Wike and his lackeys in the Courts have seen the handwriting on the wall..

All APC rallies are a disgrace...
All ADC rallies in the North are Tsunamis
All NDC rallies in the NC, SE,SS are Gallant

Tinubu is OTP and WIKE will never escape from retribution.

Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Svoboda(m): 11:53am On Nov 05
ufotunang:
Why is Tinubu afraid of Atiku
He knows the north is overwhelmingly behind Atiku and he's already on his way out. Tinubu has read the memo. Those who have the ears of the president should press it on him that he owes Nigeria a duty to conduct a free and fair election as well as allowing the opposition to freely participate. Those who'd military backgrounds as president didn't go this far. The more they victimise the opposition, the more the ruling APC erodes the little support it is left with.
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Greenback: 11:53am On Nov 05
Hmmmmmmm we just pray anarchy doesn't loom...
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by ufotunang: 11:53am On Nov 05
What do you expect when Tinubu and wike has built mansions for judges
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by TimeMachine2: 11:54am On Nov 05
Sai Nafiu Bala!!!!
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Lawalemi(m): 11:54am On Nov 05
Nah make this election just be between NDC and APC.
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Greenback: 11:54am On Nov 05
Whatever this APC is cooking,they will eat it alone
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by 9jatriot(m): 11:54am On Nov 05
It was always clear that this likely to be what will happen. This was what I wrote as far back as April, even when Obi was still in ADC.

The Undemocratic Ascendancy of the ADC’s New Hierarchy

If you describe the hostile takeover of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a hijack, you would not be wrong. If you call it daylight robbery, you would also not be far off. Where you would be mistaken, however, is in believing that the new members of the ADC have demonstrated even a shred of democratic behavior since their arrival.
There is no disputing that these newcomers have made the ADC more visible than it was nine months ago. Yet, since that now-infamous morning at the party’s unveiling—where the ADC was declared the final destination for their opposition coalition after failed attempts with the Labour Party, Social Democratic Party, PDP, and others—virtually every step taken since has been a misstep.

A Power Grab Disguised as Leadership

The first bizarre act by the new members was to orchestrate the removal of the party’s existing leaders and distribute key positions among themselves. David Mark assumed the chairmanship, while Rauf Aregbesola took the secretary role—all without consulting the state executives, the National Executive Committee (NEC), or even the local government and ward leaders. This blatant power grab ignored the ADC’s constitution, which explicitly states that only members of at least two years’ standing can aspire to executive positions. There is no evidence that the new leaders sought or obtained a waiver for this requirement. One can only surmise that they granted themselves the waiver, further exposing their disregard for due process.

Silencing Dissent: The Case of Leke Abejide and Dumebi Kachikwu

When news of these changes began to filter down the party hierarchy, Hon. Leke Abejide, one of the ADC’s highest-ranking elected officials and representative of Yagba East-West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency, dared to question the process. The response? His suspension from the party, labeled as “anti-party activity.” Clearly, the new leadership had no tolerance for dissent.

But Abejide was not the only casualty. Dumebi Kachikwu, the ADC’s presidential candidate in the last election, was completely sidelined—despite having contested alongside the very figures now leading the party (Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso). His public criticism of the new hierarchy was met with indifference, another undemocratic move in a growing list.

Defiance of the Rule of Law

The new leadership’s contempt for democratic norms extended to the courts. When a court order directed them to explain why an exco member, Nafiu Bala Gombe, should not be recognized as the acting chairman (being the last remaining member of the previous executive), they simply ignored it. In a recent convention—held in defiance of electoral rules—they passed a resolution to suspend Bala Gombe once again, this time under the familiar guise of “anti-party activity.”

In a move reminiscent of military rule, they even proposed suspending the ADC’s constitution and replacing it with one of their own making—crafted without the input of other party members.

A Pattern of Undemocratic Behavior

The list of unconstitutional missteps by these new members is long and growing. There is little indication that they will stop unless the law intervenes to halt their undemocratic stride. What began as a quest for opposition unity has devolved into a brazen power grab, where democratic principles are sacrificed at the altar of ambition.

The ADC’s story is no longer about building a credible opposition; it is about how easily a party can be hijacked by those who have no respect for the rules—or the people—they claim to represent.
https://www.nairaland.com/8654259/adc-story-when-tenant-sends#141101878
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by fatosky1(m): 11:54am On Nov 05
Newsgeek24:
https://verynigerian.com/breaking-court-sacks-david-mark-led-adc-leadership-recognises-nafiu-gombe-as-party-chairman/
if Tinubu succeed in removing Atiku from contesting next year elections through court judgment, he will be emboldened to encroach into NDC to create problems and get Obi out of his way too. He doesn't want opposition in whatever form.

Tinubu should jus saved Nigeria money and lives that violence would have taken by declaring no elections next year and just call on CJN to come and swear him in for the second term in office.

We all understood his body language and his maneuvers moves to stiffle opposition completely.
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Cyberterror: 11:54am On Nov 05
AMINDA and his alternate monikers have successfully taken over the frontpage. It remains allocating likes to all his comments grin

Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Lifediary: 11:55am On Nov 05
Baba don land back Naija now.

Prayer in Saudi is working.

If you bin tink say e easy, u sef go run am.
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by kenn4rill(m): 11:57am On Nov 05
My cry can not be greater than yours because you lots have really invested in this your online stipend but at the end of the day guys are cashing out with latest SUVs while you guys are still stock with your usual 30k

Bro.... undecided I can really feel your pain

TimeMachine2:
Yen yen yen .... keep crying. When Obi saw the danger and left you laughed at him, abi? Now, whi is laughing 😃 😀. Ndi ara!
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by iwaeda: 11:58am On Nov 05
Supreme Court already decided this. grin grin grin angry
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Flangelo12: 11:58am On Nov 05
IgOga:
Why all this gba gbos. APC remember what happened to trump and the Republicans in the mid terms.


Please let the opposition breathe
But you were supporting Trump na.

grin
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Validated: 12:00pm On Nov 05
Wike will be jailed and locked up in underground cell in Maiduguri from 2027 to 2039.
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Ndubuisipaul1: 12:00pm On Nov 05
Tinubu is destroying opposition parties. After destroying labor party he has gone to NDV
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Patojargz: 12:01pm On Nov 05
DSS1335:
Another kangaroo judgement from a known APC-Wike stooges. Nonsense! However in the invent this judgement is allowed to stand by superior court, All ADC supporters should give NDC 💯 support so the likes of wike would go to jail
Live and direcr
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by oyoofong(m): 12:03pm On Nov 05
Thank God, I am not a Nigerian! I am activating my heavenly citizenship right now!

Because what they consider a small legal matter today could snowball into something they may not live long enough to tell the story.

Everywhere is harsh. ARA NKAN EVERYBODY NI LẸ NIGERIA YÌÍ! Mbok!
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by koning: 12:03pm On Nov 05
" justice Peter Lifu". Mitcheeeew.

That judge should be disbarred and thrown in jail.

...and Wike has zero tact in his moves. Very obvious moves.

This is what we call "Akamu case" in Igbo land.
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Bluntemperor: 12:03pm On Nov 05
Atiku Knows well that he has red- mud in his legs,so he can't run 😰
Our $16-BILLIONS - NEPA /DISCOS Loans Money Collected during the PRIVITISATION Exercises,in which he was the Chairman - remains elusive as NIGERIANS Homes and Offices,Towns and Villages Are In Darkness 🌑 today!
Just Imagine such huge Billion Dollars Wasted and can Atiku try this in China, USA and North Korea?
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by jogojogo: 12:06pm On Nov 05
ufotunang:
Why is Tinubu afraid of Atiku
Everything is not about Tinubu.
Atiku is a serial loser and that is not changing anytime soon
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Krismas(m): 12:06pm On Nov 05
Ajehkpako4naija:
fake news, believe at your own peril. TINUBU must go back to Aso rock for 2nd term
grin. Na so
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by Fiscus105(m):
Before I open it, I already know, if the judge is not Lifu, it would be Omotosho.

Lo and behold, Lifu didn't disappoint.

Lifu, Omotosho and Chief judge of federal high court, Tosho. They are tools in the hands of Wike, using them to do any dirty job whenever he wants to proof he is a demigod.

Yet, NJC cannot sanction any of evil servant.
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by macphilip: 12:12pm On Nov 05
This is really bad.
Supreme court already decided on this matter
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by fergie001(mod): 12:13pm On Nov 05
Justice Odo Lifu..... 😂

Atiku, please carry on with your campaign abeg 😂
Re: Court Sacks David Mark-Led ADC Leadership, Voids Atiku's Candidacy by edogu(m): 12:13pm On Nov 05
Wahala everywhere grin
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