Court Rejects ADC Resignation Letter, Rules It Was Not Genuine

(Nafiu Bala. Photo by Premium Times)
A Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that the resignation letter claiming Nafiu Bala stepped down from his party leadership role is fake.

In a judgment delivered on 5 November 2026, Justice Peter Lifu compared the signature on the letter with Bala's signatures on other documents and found them materially different.

He said a certified document does not settle whether the person named actually signed it.

The judge also ruled that the ADC did not prove that David Mark's emergence as national chairman, and Rauf Aregbesola's appointment as national secretary, followed a proper democratic election.

The two were installed after the party's National Executive Committee meeting on 29 July 2025.

Justice Lifu said INEC receiving notice of the meeting and monitoring it did not prove a valid election had taken place.

He also said the NEC cannot override the legal requirements for electing party executives.

Bala's claims were upheld.

The court nullified the decisions taken at the July 2025 meeting and barred INEC from recognising Mark, Aregbesola and the other members of the disputed working committee as legitimate officers of the party.