We’ve Received CTC Of Lifu’s Judgement, No Where Is Atiku Or Other Candidates Names Mentioned—Melaye

In a statement on his official X handle on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, Senator Dino Melaye has announced that his camp has finally obtained the certified true copy of the judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, asserting that the document contains no reference whatsoever to Atiku Abubakar or any other candidate of the African Democratic Congress.

The judgment in question was delivered on November 5, 2026, in a suit filed by Nafiu Bala Gombe, a former deputy national chairman of the ADC. Justice Lifu nullified the leadership of the party under former Senate President David Mark, ruling that the process through which Mark, Rauf Aregbesola and others assumed control of the ADC violated the party’s constitution and the Electoral Act.

The court further set aside all actions taken by that leadership, including the primaries and nominations that produced the party’s candidates for the 2027 general elections. News of the ruling had been widely interpreted as effectively voiding Atiku Abubakar’s emergence as the ADC presidential candidate.

The delay in releasing the certified true copy of the judgment, despite applications and payments by counsel for the defendants, had intensified political tension. Melaye’s claim that the judgment text itself does not name Atiku Abubakar or any other candidate has been presented by supporters as evidence that earlier public characterizations of the ruling overstated its direct impact on individual aspirants.

In a statement posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, Melaye declared: “WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF JUSTICE LIFU’S JUDGEMENT. NO WHERE IN THE JUDGEMENT IS ATIKU ABUBAKAR’S NAME OR ANY OTHER CANDIDATE’S NAME MENTIONED. ALL THE PROPAGANDA AND LIES OF APC HAVE EXPIRED. ATIKU ABUBAKAR IS COMING.”

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