The Court of Appeal in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from enforcing a Federal High Court judgment directing the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. In a unanimous ruling delivered on Tuesday, a three-member panel led by Justice Abba Mohammed granted a stay of execution…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned the Federal High Court judgment ordering the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and several other opposition parties, describing the ruling as a threat to Nigeria’s multiparty democracy. In a statement issued on Monday, the party expressed solidarity with the affected political parties and urged Nigerians to…
Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says Justice Peter Lifu of the Abuja Federal High Court should be arrested for allegedly acting in contempt of a subsisting Court of Appeal order in the case seeking the deregistration of the party. Abdullahi spoke on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned a Federal High Court judgment ordering its deregistration, describing the ruling as a dangerous attack on democracy and warning that those behind the move are “playing with fire”. In a statement issued on Monday, Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the party, accused agents of the ruling All…
Kenneth Okonkwo, chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has claimed that Victor Umeh, senator representing Anambra Central, told him that the best political option for the Igbo was for Peter Obi to serve as running mate to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in the ADC. Okonkwo made the claim during an interview with Symfoni Media….
Kola Ologbondiyan, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says aggrieved aspirants in the party’s presidential primary should present evidence of alleged irregularities before the party’s appeal committee. On Wednesday night, Atiku Abubakar emerged winner of the ADC presidential primary with 1,846,370 votes. Atiku defeated Rotimi Amaechi, who polled 504,117 votes. Mohammed Hayatu-Deen came…
Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, clashed with a presenter during an interview on Trust TV after being asked if he would accept a vice-presidential slot in the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The heated exchange happened during the station’s programme on Monday and has since gone viral on social media. During the interview, the presenter…
Liyel Imoke, former governor of Cross River state, has been appointed chairman of the presidential screening committee of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the party’s presidential primaries. In a statement issued on Monday by Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the ADC, the party said Abdulfatah Ahmed, former governor of Kwara state, would…
Bolaji Abdullahi, the national publicity secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says the party has moved on from the exit of Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, insisting that a broader opposition coalition ahead of 2027 remains possible. Obi and Kwankwaso joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress from the ADC over internal crisis in the…
Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says Peter Obi was never fully committed to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) before leaving the party. Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Tuesday, Lawal said members of the coalition had long suspected that Obi was not comfortable within the party. “He had…
