{"id":126530,"date":"2026-04-09T16:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=126530"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:07:38","slug":"adc-crisis-escalates-as-gombe-led-group-protests-at-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/adc-crisis-escalates-as-gombe-led-group-protests-at-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC Crisis Escalates as Gombe-Led Group Protests at INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twenty-four hours after former Senate President David Mark, alongside Peter Obi, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and other chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with a mammoth crowd demanding recognition, a rival faction of the party led by Nafiu Bala Gombe on Thursday staged a counter-protest at the Commission\u2019s office in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Gombe-led faction alleged that a rival bloc linked to David Mark was making moves to hijack the party\u2019s leadership structure, stressing that it remains the duly constituted authority within the ADC.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Waving placards and chanting solidarity songs, the protesters urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognize what they described as the party\u2019s legitimate leadership and reject any attempt to impose a parallel structure.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to reporters at the scene, Gombe cautioned that any decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognize the rival faction could erode internal party democracy and set a dangerous precedent.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further accused the opposing camp of deploying political influence to gain undue advantage, urging the electoral body to remain impartial and be guided strictly by due process.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The development underscores the deepening rift within the ADC, as both camps continue to assert legitimacy, with the Commission yet to make a formal pronouncement on the dispute.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo Twenty-four hours after former Senate President David Mark, alongside Peter Obi, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and other chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), stormed the headquarters of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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