INEC to meet over Atiku’s 2027 ADC ticket

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will meet next week to consider the implications of the Federal High Court judgment nullifying the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), including the emergence of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s 2027 presidential candidate.

The commission said it would not take a position on the party’s leadership crisis until it obtained and examined the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgment.

The Federal High Court in Abuja had, on Thursday, nullified the Mark-led caretaker committee and invalidated decisions taken under its leadership, including the party’s presidential primary tha...