The management disaster rocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has taken a recent flip after the social gathering launched a video exhibiting Nafiu Bala at a serious social gathering occasion months in the past.
The video, which surfaced on Monday, captures Nafiu Bala on the unveiling of David Mark because the interim nationwide chairman of the ADC.
The occasion passed off in July 2025 on the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.
Within the clip, Bala is seen seated calmly amongst high social gathering figures. He appeared alongside different stakeholders, together with Ishaku Abbo.
Officers of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) had been additionally current on the gathering, giving the occasion an official tone.
The footage is now being extensively circulated by social gathering supporters and observers. It was shared with a caption that reads: “ADC releases video the place Nafiu Bala was sighted at David Mark management unveiling after he tendered his resignation. The INEC representatives had been additionally current on the occasion.”
This growth is important. It comes at a time when Bala is laying declare to the place of nationwide chairman of the social gathering. His declare has been a serious level of dispute inside the ADC in latest weeks.
Earlier stories had indicated that Bala stepped down from his function as Deputy Nationwide Chairman (North-East). An alleged resignation letter dated Might 18, 2025, had surfaced on-line.
In that letter, he reportedly resigned to permit for easy coalition talks and inner restructuring inside the social gathering.
Nonetheless, the newly launched video seems to complicate that narrative. Nafiu’s presence on the July unveiling raises recent questions. Many are actually asking whether or not his resignation was ultimate, symbolic, or later withdrawn.
The state of affairs has been additional intensified by latest actions from INEC. Politics Nigeria earlier reported that the electoral physique delisted David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola from the social gathering’s management data. The transfer adopted a court docket order directing a return to the social gathering’s pre-July 2025 management construction.
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