{"id":728,"date":"2026-07-11T09:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2026-07-11T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:25:06","slug":"adc-crisis-opposition-party-faces-legal-battle-ahead-of-2027-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"ADC Crisis: Opposition Party Faces Legal Battle Ahead Of 2027 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is facing a major legal challenge after a Federal High Court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the party and four others for allegedly failing to meet constitutional requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruling has created uncertainty for the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice Peter Lifu directed INEC to remove the affected parties from its register following claims by former lawmakers that they failed to meet electoral performance requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Nigerian electoral laws, political parties must win at least one elective position or secure a minimum percentage of votes in a presidential election to remain registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=723\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"723\">Kenneth Okonkwo Accuses Peter Obi Of Failing To Build Strong Political Movement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision could affect the political ambitions of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who has been linked with the ADC as a possible platform for challenging President Bola Tinubu in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, ADC spokesperson Bolaji Abdullahi rejected the ruling, describing it as a threat to democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the party would challenge the decision through legal and constitutional channels.Political observers say the development could reshape Nigeria&#8217;s opposition landscape ahead of the next general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=562\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"562\">Worsening Economy Bites Hard As Traders Lament Rising Fuel, Food Prices<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is facing a major legal challenge after a Federal High Court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the party and four others for allegedly failing to meet constitutional requirements. The ruling has created uncertainty for the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Justice Peter Lifu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,14],"tags":[24,136,183,21,135,184],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-trendingnews","tag-24","tag-2027-elections","tag-adc","tag-apc","tag-inec","tag-presidential-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}