The Grassroots Mobilization Network, GMN, a support group of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has described the judgment of Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court on the party’s leadership dispute as “nothing but judicial rascality.”
In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, GMN Secretary Usman Bala Idris said the judgment “is strange to our laws and common sense” and “would not stand the test of time.”
Idris argued that there was no existing court order restraining the party from conducting its affairs, adding that the tenure of the present leadership “remains in place pending the expiration of the tenure on May 12, 2026.”
“There was never a time our party dissolved the present National Executive Committee or National Working Committee. So what warrants the court to issue such a judgment?” he queried.
The GMN accused the judiciary of working “in partnership with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a one party system in Nigeria,” alleging that the judgment fits that pattern.
He further alleged that Justice Abdulmalik “in several cases always goes against the Constitution,” adding that “she always usurps jurisdiction, especially in several of her cases in Rivers. She is always overstepping her boundary in every judgment she gives.”
Idris likened the current political climate to the June 12, 1993 era, “when the judiciary was giving frivolous judgments until the infamous judgment of the late Justice Dahiru Saleh that finally annulled the June 12 election.”
“We are now back in that era. The conspiracy is thick, and all other vital and sacred institutions appear to be in partnership with the one party system,” he declared.
He called on “well meaning Nigerians to act now and save the country.”
“Whether President Tinubu likes it or not, we’re going to contest the 2027 elections with him and he will be defeated flatly. He cannot be a sole candidate. Nigeria is not a Banana Republic,” Idris said.
The GMN statement comes amid an ongoing leadership tussle in the ADC. The matter is currently before the Supreme Court.
