Crisis has rocked African Democratic Alliance (ADC) as Nafi’u Bala, a former governorship candidate of the party in Gombe State and erstwhile national deputy chairman of the party, declared himself as the interim national chairman of the ADC.
Bala , who made the announcement during a press conference held late on the night Wednesday, 30 July, 2025 in Abuja, accused the David Mark-led interim leadership of the ADC of hijacking the party through unconstitutional means and warned of impending legal action to challenge what he described as a “total surrender” of the party’s structure to external political actors.
“We wish to draw the attention of all members of our great party and Nigerians at large, to the ongoing acts of political hooliganism being perpetrated by some individuals who were hitherto entrusted with the leadership of the party,” Bala said.
Recall that his declaration comes weeks after a coalition of prominent opposition figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, adopted the ADC as a platform to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.
