“Tinubu Is In Panic” — Atiku’s Aide, Analyst Blast Court Ruling Against ADC

An aide to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Ademola Olarewaju, and political analyst, Hamma Hayatu, have criticised the Federal High Court judgment nullifying the management of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the method that produced Atiku because the celebration’s 2027 presidential candidate.

The reactions adopted Thursday’s judgment by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which nullified the emergence of the Senator David Mark-led nationwide management of the ADC and choices taken by the management, together with the nomination of candidates for the 2027 common elections.

Reacting to the event, Olarewaju accused President Bola Tinubu of being unsettled by Atiku’s rising political affect, suggesting that the authorized battle was related to considerations over the previous vice-president’s presidential ambition.

In a publish, Atiku’s aide drew an analogy between abortion and the killing of a kid after delivery to criticise what he described as an try to undermine an already established political course of.

“Only an unborn foetus of sure months may be aborted, and no one will know.

“If the baby is born and you kill it, it becomes murder, and you’re a murderer,” he wrote.

Olarewaju added, “I’ve never seen a Bola Tinubu this jittery before ever in his political life since PRIMROSE 1992 – Atiku scared him bad.”

Also reacting, political analyst Hamma Hayatu questioned the premise of Justice Lifu’s determination, arguing that one other decide of the Federal High Court had beforehand dominated on the ADC management dispute.

He maintained that the judgment delivered by Justice Musa Liman on July 2 ought to information the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in recognising the Mark-led management.

“A court of coordinate jurisdiction led by Justice Liman have trashed this case, as such I do not expect INEC to waste their time on this jankara judgement by Lifu,” Hayatu mentioned.

He additional argued that the conflicting choices raised considerations about judicial consistency, calling on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to research the conduct of any decide discovered to have acted improperly.

“Courts of parallel jurisdictions giving totally different rulings even after appellate court docket had dominated on the matter. NJC must take acceptable disciplinary motion in opposition to any erring decide.

“Justice Lifu is erring obviously,” he added.

Background To Atiku-ADC Court Dispute

The newest authorized controversy is the end result of a chronic management dispute inside the ADC following the emergence of former Senate President David Mark as nationwide chairman and former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola as nationwide secretary.

In 2025, Nafiu Bala Gombe, a former deputy nationwide chairman of the celebration, challenged the emergence of the Mark-led management, arguing that he was entitled to take over following the resignation of former nationwide chairman, Ralph Nwosu.

Gombe subsequently approached the Federal High Court in Abuja in go well with FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, in search of to restrain Mark and Aregbesola from parading themselves as nationwide officers.

On April 2026, the Supreme Court put aside an interlocutory order within the dispute and directed the Federal High Court to conclude proceedings on the substantive case.

However, on July 2, 2026, Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court dismissed a separate go well with filed by House of Representatives member Leke Abejide difficult the emergence of the Mark-led management.

Justice Liman held that the dispute involved an inside celebration matter over which the court docket lacked jurisdiction. He additionally dominated that the plaintiff lacked the mandatory authorized standing and had did not exhaust the celebration’s inside dispute-resolution mechanisms.

The Mark-led ADC subsequently maintained that the judgment affirmed its management and strengthened its place forward of the 2027 elections.

Atiku emerged because the celebration’s presidential candidate in May 2026, positioning himself for an additional try on the presidency after shedding the 2023 election to Tinubu.

However, on November 5, 2026, Justice Peter Lifu delivered judgment in Gombe’s substantive go well with, declaring the emergence of the Mark-led management unconstitutional and nullifying choices taken by the executives, together with the nomination of candidates for the 2027 elections.

The ruling has thrown the celebration’s preparations for the final elections into uncertainty, with the destiny of 1,503 candidates reportedly affected.

Atiku has rejected the judgment and vowed to problem it on the Court of Appeal, whereas his marketing campaign council mentioned its attorneys had been making ready to hunt a keep of execution.

The ADC has additionally rejected the ruling, describing it as an try to weaken the opposition forward of the 2027 elections.

The celebration’s management dispute has due to this fact raised recent questions concerning the standing of its candidates and which of the conflicting judicial choices INEC ought to recognise.