‘Hell no’ — Atiku’s aide slams Shehu Sani over comment on ADC court victory

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s media aide, Paul Ibe, has criticised former senator Shehu Sani over his reaction to the Federal High Court judgment affirming the leadership of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

Ibe argued that some members of the judiciary helped sustain President Bola Tinubu’s mandate.

Ibe made the remarks on Thursday in a post on X while responding to Shehu Sani’s comment following the court’s ruling in favour of former Senate President David Mark-led ADC leadership.

Reacting to the judgment, Shehu Sani wrote: “Now that the High Court has ruled in favour of Mark and against Nafiu, the Judiciary will now be called the ‘last hope of the common man’; It also means that there is no plot to impose a ‘one party state’.”

Responding, Ibe rejected Sani’s position, alleging that some judges had played a role in upholding Tinubu’s electoral victory.

“Hell no, @ShehuSani! Are you talking about the same judiciary, specifically the bench that some of its ignoble members have been standing on Tinubu’s mandate? Some of our politicians should infact be sent on attachment or refresher courses in the art of politicking to some of the judges. #Lifusprudence,” Ibe wrote.

DAILY POST reports that the exchange followed Thursday’s judgment by the Federal High Court in Abuja, which affirmed the leadership of the ADC headed by former Senate President David Mark.

Justice Musa Liman dismissed a suit filed by House of Representatives member Leke Abejide challenging the party’s leadership structure, holding that the case lacked merit and was not justiciable because it concerned the internal affairs of a political party.

The court also upheld the preliminary objections filed by the ADC, its former National Chairman Ralph Nwosu, incumbent National Chairman David Mark, and National Secretary Rauf Aregbesola, ruling that Abejide failed to establish that any of his legal rights had been violated by the emergence of the current leadership.