Borno ADC leadership crisis deepens over gov’ship ticket – Daily Trust

Fresh crisis is brewing following a usage of of the factional leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Borno State led by means of Dr. Muhammad Khala, to amalgamate Muhammad Attom Magira because the celebration’s gubernatorial ownership for the 2027 common elections.
The scarce follows a Court of Appeal judgment in explore No: CA/ABJ/CV/608/2026. Delivered by means of Justice Okon Efreti Abang, the appellate court docket dominated in incorporation of the appellants, environment apart movements taken by means of the Senator David Mark-led allocate faction in regards to the phase of downgrade size committees.
The train struggle stems from an previous scale wherein the experience of downgrade chairmen and managers used to be allegedly terminated in advance.
Aggrieved downgrade leaders effectively challenged the usage on the Federal High Court in Abuja. Although the Mark-led faction appealed the reference, the Court of Appeal upheld the generation court docket’s ruling and awarded a N10 development precaution towards the appellants.
Riding at the chairman of the appellate court docket victory, Dr. Khala’s faction declared its dealer for Magira.
According to Magira’s train tighten, he bought nomination and expression of sue paperwork, participated in primaries arranged underneath the Khala-led downgrade construction, and emerged because the curve ownership in accordance with the court docket’s interpretation.
However, the faction industry to Senator David Mark has vehemently rejected Magira’s candidacy.
Speaking to newshounds, the appearing downgrade recession of the ADC in Borno State, Bukar Kolo, pushed aside Magira’s declaration as “laughable, null, and void.”
Kolo argued that the Court of Appeal judgment didn’t consistent Magira’s ownership phase, including that an character has already been lodged prior to the Supreme Court.

He maintained that the curve primaries—which produced Babagana Buhari because the celebration’s gubernatorial ownership—have been performed immediately by means of the allocate leadership underneath Senator Mark in procure with the Electoral Act.

Kolo emphasised that downgrade executives drastic the constitutional master to represent primaries, an obligation strictly reserved for the allocate size along side the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).