A Federal High Court in Abuja sacked the David Mark-led ADC leadership on Thursday, November 5The court’s ruling nullified all actions taken by the leadership, including Atiku Abubakar’s presidential nominationAPC senator Shehu Sani reacted to the ruling with a pointed message directed at the opposition partyPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng! A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has removed the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) from office, also voiding every decision the leadership had made, including the party’s nomination of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections.The ruling was delivered on Thursday, November 5.Shehu Sani advises ADC after court sacks Atiku, David Mark-led leadership Photo Credit: @Shehu Sani Source: TwitterShehu Sani weighs in on ADC rulingShehu Sani, an All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate in Kaduna, did not hold back his opinion on the judgment. He advised the ADC to pursue a legal appeal rather than resort to public threats in the wake of the court’s decision.PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!”The ADC should get ready to appeal their case instead of threatening the country with brimstone and fire,” Sani said.
“This is the price they have to pay for taking over a troubled party instead of registering a new one.”His remarks pointed to what he described as a strategic miscalculation by the opposition party in choosing to adopt an already established but troubled structure rather than building a fresh political platform from the ground up.The court’s decision strikes at the heart of the ADC’s preparations for the 2027 elections. Atiku Abubakar had emerged as the party’s presidential flagbearer, and the nullification of that nomination places the party’s electoral plans in serious doubt ahead of the upcoming campaign season.Read Shehu Sani’s full statement on X here:Peter Obi reacts as court sacks ADC leadershipLegit.ng earlier reported that Peter Obi expressed shock over a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that nullified the emergence of the ADC chairman and voided all actions taken under it, including Atiku Abubakar’s 2027 presidential nomination.Obi stated that the timing of the ruling, three months before a general election, creates dangerous uncertainty for candidates and political parties.The NDC presidential candidate accused the ruling party of engineering the instability as part of a broader effort to suppress opposition politics. Source: Legit.ng Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with over 5 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm.
He has obtained certificates in Google’s Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023) by Legit.ng. Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng Atiku AbubakarShehu SaniArewaNigerian Presidency Gary owens Amy sherrill Sherrill redmon Multichoice Thinking messages
