2027: Fresh worries for opposition parties

•Court ruling deepens ADC crisis, sends shockwaves to Accord, others
•There’s nothing to worry about, ADC, Accord assure Nigerians
By Omoniyi Salaudeen
The recent judgment by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, deregistering the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord and others, is as intriguing as it is unsettling. On one side, many Nigerians see a conspiracy. ADC leaders frame the ruling through the lens of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s alleged grand plan to foist a one-party system on Nigeria. For them, this is politics by judicial fiat. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar reinforced that fear, warning shortly after the judgment that “deregistering oppositi...