{
  "id": 18295419,
  "title": "BREAKING: Court nullifies Atiku's emergency as ADC presidential candidate, sacks David Mark, Aregbesola’s leadership",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/breaking-court-nullifies-atikus-emergency-as-adc-presidential",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T10:44:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/05/court-nullifies-atikus-emergency-as-adc-presidential-candidate-sacks-david-mark-aregbesolas-leadership/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) cannot proceed with the nomination of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its candidate for the 2027 election. The court also declared invalid the leadership of former Senate President David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola within the ADC. All candidates who were nominated by the ADC for the 2027 general elections have had their nominations cancelled due to the illegal and unlawful leadership of the party. The ruling upholds the position of Nafiu Bala Gombe, a Deputy National Chairman of the ADC, who argued that Mark and Aregbesola took leadership positions unlawfully and illegally. The judge declared that all actions taken by David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola on behalf of the ADC are unlawful and have been nullified.",
  "summary": "Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified all the processes of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, that led to the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party's candidate for the 2027 election. In a judgment on Thursday, the judge nullified the emergence of the former Senate […] BREAKING: Court nullifies Atiku's emergency as ADC presidential…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}