2027: Atiku's aide faults basis for recognising Nafiu Bala after tenure expiration
Paul Ibe, an aide to Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the legal basis for recognizing Nafiu Bala Gombe as a national officer of the African Democratic Congress. He argues that Gombe's tenure expired before the court judgment, raising questions about the validity of the court's decision.
Why it matters
This dispute highlights ongoing internal leadership crises within Nigerian political parties and the challenges of judicial intervention in party administration.
Add as a preferred source Paul Ibe, media adviser to former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has questioned the judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu on November 5, 2026, over the party’s leadership.
In a post on X on Saturday, Ibe said the most troubling question arising from the judgment was how Nafiu Bala Gombe could be recognised as an elected ADC national officer with a subsisting tenure when, by his own account, his tenure expired on October 11, 2026, 25 days before the judgment.
According to him, Gombe’s case was that he was elected on October 12, 2022, for a four-year term ending on October 11, 2026.
“If that was the tenure before the court, what continuing entitlement to office remained for recognition on 5 November?” he asked.
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