APC Plotting To Set Nigeria On Fire With Court Judgment

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to plunge Nigeria into disaster by what it described as a determined try and cripple the opposition following a Federal High Court judgment invalidating the management of Senator David Mark and the candidacy of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

The social gathering stated the judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, was politically motivated, alleging that its timing, barely 24 hours after the huge turnout at its presidential marketing campaign rally in Sokoto, uncovered the ruling social gathering’s rising panic over the rising reputation of the opposition.

In an announcement on Thursday, ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, stated the judgment was an try and deny Nigerians the correct to freely select their leaders within the 2027 basic elections.

“We have reasons to believe that the judgment had long been written on this case. The Sokoto rally was simply a trigger that stampeded its delivery,” Abdullahi stated.

He alleged that the ruling was designed to erase the social gathering and its candidates from the electoral contest regardless of what he described as overwhelming public help for its political platform.

The ADC warned that the implications of the judgment prolonged past Mark and Atiku, arguing that it might jeopardise the candidacies of hundreds of its members contesting elections on the native, state and federal ranges.

“This is not about Atiku Abubakar or David Mark. It is about the democratic rights of Nigerians to freely choose their own leaders. It is about the rights of thousands of candidates to participate in a democratic process,” the social gathering stated.

Challenging the authorized basis of the judgment, the ADC cited an earlier ruling by Justice Musa Liman of the identical Federal High Court, delivered on July 2, 2026, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1637/2025, which affirmed the legitimacy of the Mark-led National Working Committee and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the management.

It argued {that a} court docket of coordinate jurisdiction lacked the authority to overview, fluctuate or nullify a subsisting judgment of one other court docket of equal jurisdiction. The social gathering, nonetheless, stated it was awaiting the Certified True Copy of Justice Lifu’s judgment to determine its exact phrases and consequential orders.

The opposition social gathering vowed to problem the ruling by each out there judicial course of, whereas accusing the APC of repeatedly deploying court docket circumstances to weaken political opponents every time the opposition gained momentum.

Warning in opposition to what it described as the damaging manipulation of the judiciary to get rid of political competitors, the ADC stated: “We warn the APC: do not play with fires you cannot control. The peace and stability of Nigeria are bigger than the ambition of any president or political party.”

It challenged President Bola Tinubu and the APC to submit themselves to a free and truthful electoral contest in the event that they had been assured of their efficiency and recognition, insisting that the presidency was not an inheritance.

The social gathering additionally known as on the judiciary to not permit itself for use to impose dictatorship on the nation, urging its members nationwide to stay calm and law-abiding whereas it pursues authorized treatments.