Court Asked to Halt INEC Recognition of David Mark as ADC Leader

A faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has approached the court seeking an order to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the David Mark-led leadership of the party.

The group urged the court to recognise the leadership structure of its factional acting National Chairman, Nafiu Bala.

Bala’s Special Adviser on Strategic Communication, Abimiku Monday, disclosed this during an interview on Arise Television.

According to him, the case has been scheduled for hearing on September 30.

“We want the court to restrain INEC from recognising the David Mark-led faction. We want the court to recognise the Nafiu Bala-led leadership structure,” Monday said.

When asked if he accepts that INEC currently recognises the Mark-led leadership, he replied, “I won’t say yes 100%.”

He further explained that the crisis rocking the ADC began in July when some politicians allegedly hijacked the party structure.

“If you’ve been following the trend of the ADC for a while, you will agree with me that this whole imbroglio started in July when a group of persons, or let me say politicians from another party, decided to drop in and hijack the structure of the party.

“In Nigeria, there are processes of joining a political party. You don’t just join from the top; you join from the ward,” he added.

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