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Yahaya Bello Disowns Joy Sadiq ‘s Social Media Reports
My relationship with our leader and father, His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, remains strong – grounded in respect, understanding and shared commitment to our collective political goals.”
Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello says that certain online comments and videos recently circulated by one JOY SADIQ, in social media about his relationship with President Tinubu are not true and unfounded.
Whereas Joy Sadiq on her social media handles @realmamakogi and @realmamakogi2 on Facebook and TikTok respectively, makes a series of allegations concerning Yahaya Bello’s relationship with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the ex-governor said : ” My relationship with our leader and father, His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, remains strong – grounded in respect, understanding and shared commitment to our collective political goals.”
” For clarity and in the public interest, I wish to state in vehement and unmistakable terms that I have no association with this individual beyond the fact that she can sometimes be found within the ranks of those who claim dubious allegiance to our great party, the APC, in Kogi State.
The said individual, her statements and her activities in this and at least one other instance in which she has attacked prominent Nigerians with whom I have cordial relationships and common interests, purportedly in my support, are thoroughly denounced.
The claims she has advanced – particularly those suggesting betrayal, exclusion from government or actions involving political, financial or security authorities are inaccurate, misleading and not reflective of any reality known to me.
She does not speak for me, has never represented me, much less any government or entity under my leadership or control and her assertions are made entirely on her own accord.
I remain utterly and totally sold-out to the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for a second term in 2027 and reject any attempt to mischaracterize the relationship I enjoy with His Excellency, directly or through needless speculation, by anyone and from any quarter.
Accordingly, I encourage the public and the media to treat the said Joy Sadiq’s statements as uninformed and unconnected to me, actuated by malice to sour my personal and political partnerships with the dignitaries mentioned and to refrain from giving any weight to such material.
For the records, all my approved communications are duly and only released on my official channels and national media platforms, when approved by me.”
Politics
Breaking: Supreme Court restores David Mark-led ADC leadership
The apex court in its judgement delivered today, held that the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal acted beyond its jurisdiction by unilaterally issuing such an order after it had already dismissed a case that was brought before it by one of the factions.
The Supreme Court has restored David Mark -led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) party in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel headed by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba.
The apex court in its judgement delivered today, held that the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal acted beyond its jurisdiction by unilaterally issuing such an order after it had already dismissed a case that was brought before it by one of the factions.
“Giving such an order in an appeal it had already dismissed was unnecessary, unwarranted and improper,” the Supreme Court held.
It held that the appeal that was filed before it by Senator David Mark succeeded in part, even as it dismissed the aspect that challenged an ex parte order the Federal High Court made for service of processes in the suit filed by aggrieved members of the party.
It held that the appeal that was filed before it by Senator David Mark succeeded in part, even as it dismissed the aspect that challenged an ex parte order the Federal High Court made for service of processes in the suit filed by aggrieved members of the party.
The apex court directed the factions to return to the trial court for continuation of hearing of the case.
It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had removed Mark and Rauf Aregbesola from its portal and website as ADC National Chairman and Secretary, respectively, on April 1, citing the Court of Appeal’s judgment.
The electoral body said it would, in line with the order for maintenance of the status quo ante bellum, not recognise any of the warring factions until the legal dispute is determined.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Again Voids PDP’s Ibadan Convention In The Second Appeal
The five-member Apex Court panel expressed displeasure with the Turaki group for its disobedience of the order of the trial court including the instruction to halt the the planned Ibadan convention until forms are sold to all those interested to run for executive positions.
The Supreme Court minutes ago voided the Ibadan Convention organized by the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Ibadan last November.
In a split decision of three justices to two, the Apex Court in its lead judgement prepared and read by Justice Stephen Adah condemned, in strong terms, the disobedience of court orders by the Turaki camp.
This is the verdict on the appeal challenging the decision of the Court that affirms that former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, was unlawfully excluded from the chairmanship race.
The five-member Apex Court panel expressed displeasure with the Turaki group for its disobedience of the order of the trial court including the instruction to halt the the planned Ibadan convention until forms are sold to all those interested to run for executive positions.
The Apex Court further stressed that the Ibadan Convention went ahead in defiance of a subsisting court order, an action deemed as ‘condemnable’.
Justices Mohammed Garba and Justice Chidioma Nwosu-Iheme are the others for the majority decisions while Justices Haruna Tsammani and Abubakar Sadiq Umar were in the minority.
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Supreme court rules on ADC and PDP crisis today
In the notice judgement would commence at 2 pm.
The supreme court has fixed Thursday, April 30, to deliver judgement in an appeal filed by David Mark, national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), over the leadership tussle in the country.
The appeal, marked SC/CV/180/2026, was listed for judgement on the website of the supreme court and indicated that the date has been communicated to parties in the suit.
In the notice judgement would commence at 2 pm.
Mark, who is leading a faction of the ADC, is challenging the March 12 ruling of the court of appeal, which ordered parties to maintain the status quo ante bellum in a suit instituted by aggrieved party members.
In the appeal, the former senate president argued that the appellate court exceeded its jurisdiction by intervening in what he described as the internal affairs of a political party.
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