Nigeria’s electoral commission could decide ADC leadership crisis
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on P.M. News
Nigeria’s electoral commission could examine the African Democratic Congress leadership crisis at its next meeting after receiving the certified judgment annulling the leadership led by David Mark. A decision could come next Tuesday or Thursday, according to Mohammed Haruna cited by P.M. News.
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could examine the African Democratic Congress (ADC) leadership crisis at its next meeting, according to Mohammed Haruna, an INEC national commissioner and chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee. The meeting could be held on Tuesday 17 November or Thursday, with no date set at this stage.
Mohammed Haruna said INEC must first obtain and study the certified copy of the judgment handed down on 5 November by Federal High Court judge Peter Lifu. The commission received the ADC’s appeal and its request to suspend enforcement of the judgment, but had not yet received the certified copy by Tuesday evening, according to Haruna.
The 5 November judgment annulled the ADC’s national leadership led by former Senate president David Mark and former Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola. Judge Lifu also declared decisions taken by that leadership since 29 July 2025 null and void and asked INEC to recognise Nafiu Bala Gombe as the sole elected member of the former national leadership whose four-year term remained ongoing, according to P.M. News.
The planned review comes after INEC denied validating David Mark’s ADC leadership on 6 November. The ADC then threatened a nationwide protest to remove David Mark on 7 November.
