Factional Adamawa ADC secures congress victories despite court order

Members of the profoundly factionalised Adamawa State section of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), loyal to erstwhile Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, person secured victories successful state, section authorities and ward congresses conducted implicit the weekend.

The caller leaders were elected successful congresses completed successful defiance of a tribunal bid that had suspended the exercise.

A ineligible practitioner, Sadiq Ibrahim Dasin, emerged arsenic the caller State Chairman of the ADC successful Adamawa, heading the enforcement assembly reportedly elected crossed the state.

The congresses took spot with organisers claiming they were unaware of the tribunal bid halting the exercise, amid aggravated intra-party rivalry, chiefly betwixt Babachir Lawal and erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar and their respective loyalists.

The authorities president of the ADC, Yohana Shehu, aligned with the Atiku camp, had approached the tribunal earlier successful the week, arguing that the committee sent to organise the congresses—reportedly aligned with the Babachir Lawal faction—failed to consult him oregon his executive.

The High Court sitting successful Yola subsequently ordered the suspension of the congresses.

However, the workout proceeded, producing a authorities enforcement committee that includes Sadiq Ibrahim Dasin arsenic State Chairman; Muhammad Arabi Mu...