The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has launched an affidavit from the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), dated September 12, 2025, confirming that the celebration’s Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) led by David Mark was duly recognised.
The doc, which the celebration made public, on Tuesday, was stated to obviously affirm that the management transition throughout the ADC had been concluded earlier than the date in query.
Based on the celebration, Clauses 14 to 19 of the affidavit explicitly state that the method had been finalised and acknowledged by INEC as an inside celebration matter.
ADC maintained that the affidavit additional established that points referring to celebration management fell outdoors the scope of judicial interference.
The celebration argued that this place strengthened the precept that political events retained autonomy over their inside affairs with out undue exterior affect.
The celebration, subsequently, raised issues about what it described as makes an attempt to govern democratic establishments.
It alleged that the administration of Bola Tinubu and the embattled INEC Chairman, Prof. Josh Amupitan, had been utilizing the electoral physique to push Nigeria in direction of a one-party system.
The celebration warned that such actions threatened the independence and neutrality of INEC, including that the credibility of the electoral course of was in danger if the fee was seen to be taking sides in inside disputes of political events.
ADC confused that democracy might solely thrive when establishments remained neutral. It famous additional that any perceived bias by INEC might weaken public belief and undermine the inspiration of truthful elections within the nation.
Chuks Okocha
Times Nigeria