The National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, has called for the arrest of Justice Peter Lifu, who gave the judgment that deregistered the ADC and four other political parties.

Abdullahi made this call on Monday during a live appearance in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

Recall that Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately deregister the ADC, Accord Party and others from participating in the 2027 general elections.

Reacting, the ADC mouthpiece said, “Justice Lifu should be arrested. The Appeal Court said he should not act until the case is heard on October 27.

“The judge is acting in contempt of court, which is a criminal act. What basis did they deliver the judgment?

“So, for us in the African Democratic Congress, what we are convinced that they know is that what they have done has no leg to stand on,” Abdullahi said.

The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has announced the results of the outstanding Numan Local Government Area (LGA) election on Monday evening, declaring the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Zidon Nzanyopwa, as the winner.

The electoral officer who supervised the Numan election, Sani Ahmed, said Nzanyopwa polled 19,174 votes, against the 5,676 received by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bio Alexander, and the 4,178 polled by the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nancy Nelson.

The Numan election was held on Monday morning and afternoon after it was postponed from Saturday, June 13, when elections were conducted in the other 20 LGAs, from which it became publicly known by Monday afternoon that the PDP had cleared the polls.

The chairman of ADSIEC, Mohammed Umar, announcing the overall results of the election late Monday evening in Yola, confirmed that the PDP won not only in all 21 LGAs but also in all 226 wards.

This means that all chairmen and vice chairmen of the 21 local government councils, as well as all councillors across the 226 wards, are members of the PDP.

The ADSIEC chairman thanked the people of Adamawa for turning out during the election to exercise their voting rights and for doing so in a peaceful manner.

DAILY POST reports that Adamawa State, which is currently governed by an APC governor, is to have PDP leaders at the local government level, as the new leaders had been endorsed for the election as PDP candidates earlier in the year before Governor Ahmadu Fintiri defected from PDP to APC.

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has condemned the order of the Federal High Court in Abuja deregistering the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and other opposition political parties.

In a statement on Monday, the party called on every Nigerian to stand up in solidarity and condemn the court order.

According to the party, an injury to one is an injury to all.

Recall that Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately deregister the ADC, Accord Party and others from participating in the 2027 general elections.

Reacting, the NDC said “The court order must be condemned by all and sundry. An injury to one is an injury to all.

“We stand in solidarity with these opposition parties and call on every Nigerian to resist the attempt by the rudderless APC to drift our nation into a one-party state.