Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has mocked former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) after a federal high court in Abuja nullified the David Mark-led leadership of the party.
In a post
on X on Thursday, Keyamo said Atiku and the Mark-led executives could not
“invade and hijack” a political party without facing dire consequences.
In a judgement delivered earlier on Thursday, Peter Lifu,
the presiding judge, declared the Mark-led caretaker committee illegal, ruling
in favour of Nafiu Bala, a former national deputy chairman of the ADC
(north-east).
Lifu also invalidated all decisions taken by the party’s
caretaker committee, including the nomination of Atiku as the ADC’s
presidential candidate for the 2027 elections.
‘LAW IS DECIDED ON FACTS AND EVIDENCE’
In his post, Keyamo said the judgement demonstrated that the
law was based on facts and evidence rather than sentiments and outrage.
“Justice may be slow, but it is always SURE!,” he
wrote.
“You cannot invade a political Party owned and built by
Nigerians, hijack it with the connivance of a so-called National Chairman
without a PRIOR meeting and approval of a mini National Convention or the
National Executive Committee and hope to bluff your way out of such a brazen
act by blaming and blackmailing the ruling Party for a misfortune deliberately
stocked by you.
“Sorry, but the law is decided on facts and evidence, rather
than sentiments and outrage by a group of people. It is not only when a certain
ATIKU ABUBAKAR contest the Presidency that democracy is not in danger.
“The ADC as a Party is well and alive and populated by
people and original leaders who are NO LESS Nigerians than a David Mark and his
illegal band of marauders.”
Bala had approached the court to challenge the process
through which Mark and other members of the caretaker committee assumed control
of the party following the resignation of Ralph Nwosu, its former national
chairman.
Bala argued that, following Nwosu’s resignation, he was
constitutionally entitled to assume the party’s leadership as the next-ranking
official.
He asked the court to nullify all decisions taken by the
Mark-led leadership and restrain Mark and Rauf Aregbesola from parading
themselves as the party’s national chairman and national secretary,
respectively.
He maintained that their emergence violated the ADC
constitution and provisions of the Electoral Act.
Meanwhile, both Atiku and the ADC have vowed to challenge
the ruling at the court of appeal.
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