Atiku Group Warns Against ‘Judicial Dismantling’ Of Democracy, Seeks International Intervention

The United Friends for Atiku (UFFA) has warned that Nigeria’s democracy is facing a serious threat following the Federal High Court judgment invalidating the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and affecting the party’s candidates, including the presidential nomination of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
The group said the development could undermine democratic competition and public confidence in the electoral process if political disputes were allowed to be resolved through what it described as the weaponisation of judicial and state institutions.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, November 5, 2026, UFFA National Leadership, through its National...