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'Last kick of a dying horse' – Atiku's aide blows sizzling over courtroom verdict in opposition to ADC
Paul Ibe, media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the Federal High Court judgement nullifying the management of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
DAILY POST experiences that the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday nullified the David Mark-led management of the get together and invalidated all choices taken by its National Working Committee.
The judgement, delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, additionally invalidated Atiku’s emergence because the get together’s presidential candidate for the January 2027 election.
Reacting to the judgement, Ibe accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of being behind what he described as a controversial ruling in a press release posted on his official X deal with.
He, nevertheless, described the alleged try to forestall the ADC from collaborating within the 2027 presidential election because the “last kick of a dying horse”.
Ibe mentioned the judgement raised critical considerations about judicial consistency and Nigerians’ constitutional proper to decide on their leaders.
He warned that any try to exclude the ADC from the 2027 elections may set off a disaster of democratic legitimacy.
The former vice chairman’s aide additionally referenced President Bola Tinubu’s reported prayers for Nigeria’s peace throughout his latest Umrah pilgrimage to Makkah, insisting that the nation’s stability should not be sacrificed for political pursuits.
According to him, the large turnout at Atiku’s ADC marketing campaign rallies in Sokoto on Wednesday and Kebbi on Thursday confirmed that Nigerians had been decided to impact political change and defend their proper to decide on their leaders peacefully.
“For Tinubu and the APC, any calculation that judicial exclusion can substitute for electoral competition is the last kick of a dying horse,” he said.
Ibe additionally questioned the integrity of Justice Lifu, alleging that the Court of Appeal had beforehand condemned his conduct and described it as “judicial rascality”.
He known as on the National Judicial Council, NJC, led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to look at the choose’s report.
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