BREAKING: Deep Legal Crisis Ruptures ADC As INEC Withdraws Recognition Of David Mark’s Chairmanship

<h4>BREAKING&colon; Deep Legal Crisis Ruptures ADC As INEC Withdraws Recognition Of David Mark&&num;8217&semi;s Chairmanship<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission &lpar;INEC&rpar; says it will henceforth cease to accept correspondences from either the David Mark-led African Democratic Congress &lpar;ADC&rpar; or the faction led by Rafiu Bala&comma; following a review of the Court of Appeal judgment on March 12 this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>INEC made this known via a statement signed by the Chairman&comma; Information and Voter Education&comma; Mohammed Kudu&comma; and issued this Wednesday evening&comma; April 1&comma; 2026&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It disclosed that the commission will no longer engage with either faction&comma; nor monitor any meetings&comma; congresses&comma; or conventions of the two groups until the matter at the Federal High Court is decided&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Channels Television report quotes the commission as further announcing that it would remove the names of David Mark from the INEC portal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rafiu Bala&comma; who was the vice chairman of the ADC before the David Mark-led caretaker committee assumed control of the party&comma; approached the courts to challenge the emergence of David Mark and his colleagues at the National Working Committee &lpar;NWC&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>INEC’s latest decision&comma; which came hours after a protest at the INEC Headquarters in Abuja by the Rafiu Bala faction&comma; is a setback for political heavyweights who have congregated under the David Mark-led ADC&period; Foremost among them are presidential aspirants Atiku Abubakar&comma; Peter Obi&comma; Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; News Express<&sol;p>&NewLine;