Your ‘Suya’ Convention Invalid, Our Purported Suspension Laughable, Bala-led ADC Tells Mark Faction

The Nafiu Bala-led faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has declared what it described as the ‘Suya’ national convention of the David Mark camp of the party
as null and void, having violated both the Electoral Act, 2026 and 1999 Constitution.

The Mark-led faction of ADC had held its national convention on Tuesday in Abuja where it expelled Bala and Hon. Leke Abejide, a member of the House of Representatives,
representing Yagba federal constituency of Kogi state.

But at press conference in Abuja on Friday, jointly addressed by the factional ADC national, Bala and National leader, Leke, the camp said the Mark faction’s purported convention was treasonable and an afront against the judiciary.

The federal lawmaker said the coalition which hijacked ADC should be blamed if at the end of the party cannot field a candidate or candidates in the 2027 general elections.

Leke said: “the Suya Convention that ADC coalition held on 14th April, 2026 at an Event Center in Abuja is null and void as it is against the law of the Land both Electoral Act 2026 and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.

“There is an existing Court Order from the Federal High Court and the Supreme Court, respectively, that they should not do anything pending the determination of the case in Court, especially the Supreme Court, but to everybody’s amazement, these people flagrantly disobeyed the Court and went and gathered in a place to hold an illegal Convention.

“This attitude is treasonable and it is an afront against the Judiciary, of which many of them have once been beneficiaries! However, it is not surprising that these crops of politicians are not progressing and not in progressive, this is evident in abandoned PDP Secretariat uncompleted despite decades in governance.

“On the purported suspension of me, RT Hon Leke Abejide and Hon Nafiu Bala Gombe from ADC, I see it as a laughable phenomenon from an illegal group of people who came to destroy African Democratic Party same way they destroyed all the political parties they exited from.”

“I am not a political merchant running from one party to another party. I have been in ADC since 2017 and never changed party but many of the coalition leaders have moved from PDP to ACN to APC back to PDP to APGA to LABOUR PARTY to NPP to ADC, and so on. Our resistance in resisting them is because of their habitual character of Political use and dump.

“My so-called suspension and that of Hon Nafiu Bala Gombe is contempt of courts Orders of both Court of Appeal and Federal High Court and as such I have briefed my Lawyers on possible litigation against their purported suspension for record purpose, which is a visitation of hostility on me while my case is in Court,” he added.

For Bala, any action such as the Mark faction’s convention taken in flagrant disregard of the Court of Appeal’s judgment delivered on March 12, 2026 is not only of questionable legality but is liable to be declared null, void, and of no effect by the Federal High Court upon final determination of the pending suit.

He also said the noticeable absence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the convention strongly indicated that the process lacks official recognition and cannot stand judicial scrutiny as to its legitimacy.

“Their conduct is not unexpected, as those individuals have a documented history of contempt for the rule of law, evidenced by the manner in which they purportedly joined the party several months ago in clear violation of the party’s Constitution.

“As far as the duly constituted and legitimate leadership of the party is concerned, the coalition group are not members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

“Consequently, they lack the requisite locus standi to convene or conduct any congresses or conventions, and any resolutions or decisions emanating from such gatherings are devoid of legal effect and cannot pass the test of legality,”Bala added.