Battle for ADC deepens as Atiku, Mark reject verdict, APC dismisses interference claims

• Presidential campaign council says judgment academic, vows appeal   • Gombe celebrates ruling, accuses Mark-led group of hijacking party   • Ex-ACF scribe urges respect for judiciary, says ruling is democracy in action
 
From Ndubuisi Orji and Godwin Tsa, Abuja and Noah Ebije, Kaduna
The battle for control of the soul of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has intensified following the Federal High Court judgment nullifying the emergence of former Senate President David Mark and other national officers of the party, as well as the processes that produced former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections, with rival factions...