Fmr ADC Nat. Chair Says Gombe Was Nobody, But Started Living In One Of Biggest Hotels Since September

By Ayodele Oni 

Founder and pioneer national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ralph Nwosu, said Bala Nafiu Gombe, a former deputy national chairman of the party, began living in an expensive hotel and moving around with security personnel after taking the leadership dispute to court in September.

Apparently suspecting some powerful politicians behind his action, Nwosu revealed that Gombe frequently begged for transport fare before he could attend meetings in Abuja.

In a viral video, the ADC founder claimed that “And from that September, he started living in one of the biggest hotels, he started moving around with security. He got bulletproof SUVs, more than three, moving with security,” he said.

He stated that President Bola Tinubu’s administration was interested in the party, noting that the party’s leadership tussle started when Gombe went to court.

“We have tapes where the Chief of Staff to the president was telling some people to stay in ADC and destroy it.”

Nwosu said the party had concluded its internal leadership process in July before Gombe approached the court in September.

According to him, Gombe’s lifestyle changed after the legal dispute began.

When asked whether Gombe might have acquired the vehicles because he feared for his safety, Nwosu responded: “Yeah, and then you can buy an SUV that is costing over 500 million.

“Before then, when I invite Bala for a meeting in Abuja, he cannot come until I send him either 150,000 Naira to take a bus to come for a meeting, and so on. And he will not leave until we are able to also scratch out money to pay for his transport.”

 Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court Division in Abuja had voided the party’s leadership led by David Mark and all actions taken, a decision which may likely affect the presidential ambition of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.