By Adesina Soyooye
Kenneth Okonkwo, a Lawyer and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has dismissed the move by a former Deputy National Chairman, Nafiu Bala, to challenge the David Mark–led leadership as ridiculous. Okonkwo, an accomplished Actor-turned politician insists that Bala officially resigned from ADC’s National Working Committee in May 2025.
In an interview on Channels Television, Okonkwo revealed that Bala personally wrote, signed, and submitted a resignation letter, where he stated clearly that he was stepping aside for a smooth and effective coalition and restructuring.
The ADC chieftain revealed that Bala’s resignation letter was written on 17 May 2025 and filed on 26 May, 2025, by Bala, in hos own handwriting where he stated that he was resigning for the greater good of the party and the coalition.
Okonkwo submitted that after taking that step, Bala has neither a moral nor legal basis to return to Court to challenge a leadership arrangement which stemmed from the collective decision of the former Executive Council.
He noted that it was only after the All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly “became uncomfortable with the rising strength of the ADC-led coalition that Bala resurfaced, now attempting to truncate ADC by acting as a spoiler.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday, shocked not a few Nigerians when it suddenly announced that based on its interpretation of a Court of Appeal ruling, it has struck out the names of David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola, National Chairman and National Secretary of the Party, respectively, from its Portal and will neither attend its already scheduled National Convention, nor recognise any of its activities – for now.
The ADC has already accused INEC of bowing under pressure from “a jittery APC to destabilise” the Party.
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