Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has revealed his next move after the appeal court judgement upheld the order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising the opposition party’s state congresses.
In a statement by his spokesperson Phrank Shaibu, Atiku explained that the judgement did not nullify ADC primaries which led to his emergence as the party’s flagbearer ahead of the 2027 general election.
Recall that the Appeal Court, in a majority judgement delivered by Justices Okon Abang and Donatus Okorowo, held that the Federal High Court was right in assuming jurisdiction in the case which stopped former Senate President David Mark’s leadership of the ADC from removing the state chairmen of the party because it was based on the breach of the ADC Constitution to remove the chairmen from office when their tenure had not lapsed.
Reacting, Atiku stressed that the Court of Appeal did not invalidate the ADC’s primary elections conducted for the nomination of candidates for the 2027 general elections.
He described the attempts to portray the judgement as the end of the ADC’s presidential ticket as nothing more than another chapter in the ongoing campaign of misinformation designed to demoralise the opposition and confuse Nigerians.
According to him, he has instructed his legal team to head to the Supreme Court on the determination of the issues arising from the judgement.
“Those celebrating today should celebrate with caution. Those attempting to sell false hope to their supporters should remember
