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A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dele Momodu, has criticised the Federal High Court ruling that nullified the party’s leadership structure and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s emergence as its presidential candidate, insisting that President Bola Tinubu must be confronted rather than appealed to over the matter.

Momodu made the remarks while reacting to a video circulating on social media in which Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, appealed to the Tinubu administration not to undermine Nigeria’s democratic institutions following the court judgement.

Makinde, who is the 2027 presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), warned that political administrations would come and go, but Nigeria’s democratic institutions must be protected. He urged the Federal Government not to weaken the judiciary, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) or take steps capable of shutting out opposition parties.

The governor made the appeal during an interview with Bauchi Radio Broadcasting on Friday, following Thursday’s judgement delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The court nullified the National Working Committee led by former Senate President David Mark and invalidated decisions taken under its leadership.

However, reacting to Makinde’s appeal, Momodu, who serves as the Deputy Director-General of Media and Communications of the ADC Presidential Campaign, said he did not believe President Tinubu would respond to appeals unless he was directly confronted.

According to Momodu, individuals within the President’s circle were encouraging actions that could undermine democratic principles and weaken opposition parties.

He also drew comparisons with the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, warning that Nigeria could face another serious political crisis if democratic institutions were not protected.

Momodu further alleged that the President’s associates were placing personal and financial interests above the collective wishes of Nigerians. He expressed concern that the consequences of the political developments could be severe for the country.

The court judgement followed a suit filed by Nafiu Bala Gombe, a former ADC Deputy National Chairman (North-East), who challenged the emergence of David Mark and former Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, as the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary respectively, following the resignation of former chairman Ralph Nwosu.

In its ruling, the court invalidated the ADC’s 99th National Executive Committee meeting held on July 27, 2025, as well as the presidential primary that produced Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate. It also nullified other nominations arising from the disputed meeting and directed INEC not to recognise decisions taken at the gathering.

Atiku, who had selected former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as his running mate, has vowed to appeal the judgement at the Court of Appeal.

The former Vice President described the ruling as an attempt to weaken opposition forces ahead of the January 16, 2027 general election.

Meanwhile, the Presidency has denied any involvement in the legal action that resulted in the court judgement.

The ruling has continued to generate reactions within political circles, particularly among opposition figures who have expressed concerns about its possible implications for the ADC and the wider political landscape ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Ofunaofu:
Tinubu is a Notorious drug bárón

AMINDA:
Tinubu never hated Abacha. He was only envious of him. He has since surpassed Abacha on every vice.

AMINDA:
Tinubu never hated Abacha. He was only envious of him. He has since surpassed Abacha on every vice.

AMINDA:
Tinubu never hated Abacha. He was only envious of him. He has since surpassed Abacha on every vice.

Ofunaofu:
Tinubu is a Notorious drug bárón

Kingsmeal:
The campaign spokesman said the candidate incidentally shared an address with notorious cocaine dealers in the 1990s.

Festus Keyamo, chief spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has said Bola Tinubu, the party’s flag bearer, only shared a “block of flats” with notorious cocaine dealers in Chicago, pushing back after the release of court documents that suggested Mr Tinubu’s ties to illicit drug business and money laundering in the United States.

“What happened was that Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) went to open an account. The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people…(sic). I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he happened to be in that block of flats too.

“So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account,” Mr Keyamo said on Wednesday on Channels Television programme to exonerate the former Lagos governor from the fresh controversies that had been trailing his involvement in drug peddling.

Peoples Gazette on Tuesday published certified copies of the 1993 case as recently released by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The documents confirmed that the U.S. government had in July 1993 sought forfeiture of proceeds of narcotics Mr Tinubu was accused of laundering. The matter was resolved in a compromise between the Tinubus and the U.S. authorities, with the Tinubus being asked to keep the money in the Heritage Bank account while the $460,000 in the Citibank account was forfeited.

A federal judge subsequently dismissed the matter with prejudice on September 21, 1993, which effectively foreclosed the matter from being litigated again by all parties. It, however, remained unclear whether or not Nigerian authorities could still bring charges against Mr Tinubu over the same case in Nigerian courts.

The former Lagos governor has come under intense public scrutiny over his opaque past, health status and allegations of corruption. He has not personally commented on the latest case, but his campaign surrogates have emphasised that the matter was insignificant and would not be a factor in the upcoming elections.

https://gazettengr.com/tinubu-mistakenly-shared-flats-with-drug-lords-in-chicago-festus-keyamo%ef%bf%bc-2/

Chijeep:
Every sane Nigerian knows that Tinubu is a government of give 1 and steal 20

worlexy:
Alawada kerikeri ni buoda Dele

Ofunaofu:
Report: Current Govt Added More Debt in Two Years Than Nigeria Accumulated in 55 Years

• Decries Nigeria’s debt service-to-revenue ratio

•Urges FG to declare fiscal emergency

A new policy brief has warned that Nigeria’s worsening debt profile and weak revenue generation have pushed the country into a dangerous fiscal position, with the current administration accumulating more debt in two years than Nigeria recorded during its first 55 years after independence.

The report, released by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, a Nigerian policy think tank, argued that the country’s debt crisis has evolved into a governance and revenue emergency, as debt servicing obligations now exceed the federal government’s retained earnings.
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According to the think tank, Nigeria’s public debt rose sharply from N87.38 trillion in June 2023 to N159.28 trillion by the end of 2025, with President Bola Tinubu’s administration accounting for about N65.9 trillion of the increase within its first two years in office.

The organisation in the brief titled: “Nigeria Is Borrowing to Breathe—and the Clock Is Ticking”, noted that Nigeria accumulated only about N12.06 trillion in debt from independence in 1960 up to 2015, meaning the current administration added more than five times that amount in just 24 months.

The report stated that while previous governments also contributed significantly to the country’s rising debt burden, the speed of accumulation under the current administration had intensified concerns over fiscal sustainability.

“President Bola Tinubu’s administration has added a further N65.9 trillion in just two years. To put that in perspective: it took Nigeria’s first 55 years of independence to accumulate N12 trillion in debt. The current administration has added more than five times that amount in 24 months,” it argued.

It recalled that Nigeria briefly became almost debt-free externally after the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo secured an $18 billion Paris Club debt relief package in 2005 and paid $12 billion to extinguish about $30 billion in external obligations.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/05/22/report-current-govt-added-more-debt-in-two-years-than-nigeria-accumulated-in-55-years/

AnonPoet:
Tinubu Has Crossed The Rubicon, Must Be Confronted – Dele Momodu Reacts To Court Ruling On Atiku


https://applesbite.com/tinubu-has-crossed-the-rubicon-must-be-confronted-dele-momodu-reacts-to-court-ruling-on-atiku/

Chijeep:
Every sane Nigerian knows that Tinubu is a government of give 1 and steal 20

anonimi:
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSgw3fqw9/

The eyesore on Bourdillon Road

Beyond his neighbours, there is something about the sight of people hanging around a president’s residence that does not speak well of his leadership capabilities. Maybe no one has nudged him to see it, but the impression that spectacle on Bourdillon Road generates is that Tinubu enjoys the sight of suffering humans and thrives in—and through— their poverty.

If all these years, impoverished people hang around you and you remain comfortable enough to keep them just so they can be handed tokens of your large heart, then it means you have a pro-poverty mindset. Such a frame of mind is oriented toward cultivating poverty rather than stimulating abundance.

That is why he could unproblematically relate the story of his “friend” who went from using five Rolls Royce to a far-less valued car and not consider the import of the nonsense he was saying. That spurious account was an indication that this is a man for whom poverty—of others, not himself—is an ideal.

https://punchng.com/the-eyesore-on-bourdillon-road/

garykoeman:
How old are you, when Abacha was head of state.

All these Gen-z

cucumbar:
E Don tey wey he cross the rubicon..Since the day he stole Obi’s mandate through INEC.

He is a criminal Emeritus!