ADP: Aspirant, Chukwuka rushes to court, seeks nullification of Aliyu as 2027 presidential candidate

African Democratic Party, ADP, statesmanlike aspirant, Dr Johnson Chukwuka has filed an originating summons astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja challenging the information of Abbas-Bin Aliyu arsenic the party’s statesmanlike campaigner for the 2027 wide elections.

Chukwuka insists that some the courts and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, indispensable strictly travel the regularisation of instrumentality to close what helium described arsenic a cardinal breach of the Electoral Act.

In Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1853/2026, Chukwuka asked the tribunal to state that the ADP did not behaviour a valid superior predetermination for its statesmanlike campaigner connected 29/30 May 2026.

He further sought a declaration that the purported declaration of Abbas-Bin Aliyu arsenic the victor of the superior and the consequent submission of his sanction to INEC arsenic the party’s emblem bearer, posted connected the commission’s announcement committee connected 1 August 2026, is wrongful, unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void.

The plaintiff is besides praying the tribunal for an bid voiding the purported results, a declaration that helium is the duly elected statesmanlike campaigner of the ADP from the primaries held connected 29/30 May 2026, and an bid directing INEC to instantly region Aliyu’s sanction from its announcement committee and recognise him instead.

Chukwuka maintains that the full process violated Sections 29, 77, 84, 86 and 88 of the Electoral...