‘Strategy to weaken my support in the North’ — Atiku speaks on court docket judgment

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has condemned a federal
excessive court docket judgment nullifying the management of the African Democratic
Congress (ADC), describing the ruling as a calculated try and weaken the
get together and frustrate his presidential candidacy.

 

In an announcement issued on Thursday by Phrank Shaibu, director
of strategic communication of the ADC presidential marketing campaign council, Atiku stated
the timing of the judgment, barely a day after a crowd welcomed him on the
get together’s marketing campaign rally in Sokoto, was not coincidental.

The court docket, presided over by Peter Lifu, upheld a swimsuit filed
by Nafiu Bala Gombe, a former nationwide deputy chairman of the ADC, difficult
the method via which Mark and different members of the caretaker committee
assumed management of the get together following the resignation of Ralph Nwosu, its
former nationwide chairman.

Reacting to the ruling, Atiku stated the Sokoto rally
demonstrated the will of Nigerians for a change in management and assist for
his marketing campaign’s promise to make life reasonably priced.

“The folks of Sokoto got here out of their hundreds as a result of
they’re hungry for change and imagine in our promise to make life reasonably priced
once more,” he stated.

“What we witnessed in Sokoto is barely the start. The
folks of Kebbi could have their say, and so will Nigerians throughout the nation
as our marketing campaign strikes ahead.”

The ADC presidential candidate stated his candidacy is just not
restricted to northern Nigeria, including that the financial challenges going through the
nation minimize throughout regional boundaries.

“My roots are in Northern Nigeria, however my candidacy belongs
to all Nigerians. There is a distinction between being from the North and being
a candidate just for the North. Hunger and hardship don’t respect regional
boundaries,” he stated.

Atiku alleged that the judgment is a part of a technique to
weaken his assist within the north and frustrate a marketing campaign whose message is
hanging a chord throughout the nation.

“The timing of this judgment isn’t any coincidence. It is a component
of a technique to weaken my assist within the North and frustrate a marketing campaign whose
message is resonating throughout the nation,” he stated.

“But the ruling get together’s best miscalculation is to imagine
that my assist ends within the North. What we noticed in Sokoto, what we are going to see in
Kebbi and throughout the nation, is the energy of a nationwide motion.”

ATIKU QUESTIONS LEGAL BASIS OF JUDGMENT

Atiku additionally questioned the authorized foundation of the judgment,
citing an earlier ruling by Musa Liman, one other decide of the federal excessive
court docket, in swimsuit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1637/2025.

He stated Liman had dismissed the problem to the Mark-led
management after upholding the defendants’ objections on jurisdiction, standing
and failure to exhaust inside get together cures, whereas resolving the substantive
points of their favour.

“Why, after that judgment, was one other case filed to reopen
the identical dispute? This is a calculated try to bypass a subsisting
judgment. We will problem this judicial manoeuvre on the Court of Appeal,” he
stated.

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