2027: INEC to satisfy over Atiku’s ADC ticket

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By Linda Ikeji
8 November 2026, 10:07 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is about to convene subsequent week to evaluate the Federal High Court judgment impacting the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the presidential candidacy of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for the 2027 common elections.

INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, acknowledged that the fee will withhold its official place till it formally obtains and critiques the Certified True Copy of the court docket’s ruling, emphasizing that administrative selections won’t rely solely on media reporting.

“We can’t take a position until we see the judgment ourselves. We have to get the Certified True Copy because we don’t take decisions or reports of what the court said based on reports because the reports could be wrong,” Haruna mentioned.

Haruna added that the electoral physique will completely consider the matter throughout its scheduled weekly assembly and stay ready to adjust to any subsequent judicial directives resembling an order of keep of execution ought to the David Mark-led faction efficiently enchantment the decision.

“Obviously, if the David Mark faction should appeal, which I am sure they will, and they get an injunction for stay of execution, obviously, we’ll have to obey that judgment,” he famous.

The authorized controversy stems from a Federal High Court judgment delivered in Abuja on Thursday by Justice Peter Lifu, which nullified the caretaker management committee led by former Senate President David Mark. The court docket dominated that the committee’s formation violated the ADC structure, the Electoral Act, and the 1999 Constitution.

The ruling invalidated key actions taken by the faction, together with the presidential main that produced Atiku Abubakar because the occasion’s 2027 flag bearer, the emergence of former Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola as National Secretary, and all candidate nominations introduced by the management.

 The swimsuit was initiated by Nafiu Bala Gombe, a former ADC Deputy National Chairman (North-East), who contested the legality of the management transition following the resignation of former National Chairman Ralph Nwosu.