The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola on Tuesday affirmed Ibrahim Sadiq Dasin as chairman of the Adamawa State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The Appeal Court held that, contrary to the ruling of a lower court earlier this month, the state congress of the ADC held in April 2026 which produced Dasin and other members of his executive committee was valid.
Delivering its ruling on Tuesday, the appellate court granted the appeal of the committee that conducted the congress and, consequently, invalidated the verdict of the lower court which nullified the congress in the state.
The Court of Appeal declared that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the respondents’ claims, given the state of judicial decisions on intra-party disputes relating to congresses, leadership positions and internal administration of political parties.
DAILY POST recalls that the Adamawa State High Court in Yola had three weeks ago annulled the local government and state congresses of the ADC conducted last month, citing breach of due process.
Justice Ahmed Isa of the High Court had delivered judgment in a suit filed by Shehu Yohanna, the ADC state chairman, before the congress that produced Dasin, who challenged the legality of the congresses, stating that the proceedings failed to comply with established legal frameworks and party procedures.
Yohanna had also insisted that the congresses were conducted even after the State High Court ordered that they be halted pending its substantive ruling on the suit.
The lower court had later given its ruling nullifying the said congress, prompting the committee that conducted the congress to take its appeal to the higher court.
