A factional National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nafiu Bala Gombe, and a leader who is a member of the House of Representatives, Leke Abejide, have described their purported suspension from the party as “laughable.”
The duo have also described the Sen. David Mark-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party as “hijackers and illegal leaders,” who “do not mean well for the party to succeed in fielding candidates for the 2027 general elections, by acting in breach of valid court orders.”
Speaking at a media conference in Abuja Friday, Nafiu insisted that “any action taken in flagrant disregard of the Court of Appeal judgement delivered on March 12, 2026, is not only of questionable legality, but is liable to be declared null, void, and of no effect by the Federal High Court upon final determination of the pending suit.”
He said, “As far as the duly constituted and legitimate leadership of the party is concerned, those in the coalition group are not members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
“Consequently, they lack the requisite locus standi to convene or conduct any congresses or conventions, and any resolutions or decisions emanating from such gatherings are devoid of legal effect and cannot pass the test of legality.”
Also speaking, Abejide said he saw their purported suspension as a “laughable phenomenon” from an illegal group of people who came to destroy the African Democratic Congress in the same way they destroyed all the political parties they exited from.”
While accusing some of the coalition members of severally jumping from one party to another, he said it was clear that the party “hijackers have no interest of ADC at heart.”
“They only came to steal, kill, and destroy and it is evident in the manner they are doing things with impunity, not minding that there are laws that guide our conduct.”