ADC disaster: David Mark-led management appeals courtroom judgement, strikes to cease INEC

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, management underneath former Senate President David Mark has filed an enchantment towards the judgement delivered by the Federal High Court in Abuja on November 5, 2026, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1619/2025, involving Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe and the ADC.

In an announcement on Friday, the embattled opposition social gathering disclosed that it had additionally filed an software for a keep of execution pending the listening to and willpower of the enchantment.

INEC was formally notified of those steps on November 6 and urged to chorus from taking additional motion on the subject material whereas the enchantment is pending.

The software for a keep of execution has not but been decided. INEC should, due to this fact, train restraint. It should not act as if the enchantment and keep software don’t exist or take any step that might pre-empt the Court of Appeal and undermine the correct decision of the matter. The fee should respect the judicial course of and permit the appellate courtroom to listen to the case.

“The ADC is exercising its lawful right to appeal. The judgement is now being challenged before a higher court, and the legal process must be allowed to run its course. We expect INEC to uphold the law and take full account of the pending proceedings before making any consequential decisions.

“To our members, supporters and Nigerians who imagine in democracy: stay calm, steadfast and assured. This just isn’t the top of the street. The ADC is taking each lawful step to defend its rights, and we won’t be intimidated or distracted from that duty. Our dedication to Nigerians and their proper to decide on stays agency.

“Our campaigns continue without interruption. There is no stopping the affordability train or our mission to make life better for Nigerians. We will continue taking our message to the people as we pursue every lawful avenue to defend our rights.

“We are assured that the details and the regulation will obtain a full listening to. The ADC will proceed to pursue this matter by the courts and stand for a democratic course of through which each social gathering and each voter is handled pretty.”

DAILY POST reviews that the Federal High Court sacked the David Mark-led management of the ADC, successfully placing the candidacy of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in jeopardy forward of the 2027 presidential election.

Opposition events have collectively rejected the courtroom judgement, describing it as an assault on democracy.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and 16 different presidential candidates are looking for to contest the 2027 presidential election.