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Ogunye urges talks to keep ADC candidates on Nigeria's ballot

The lawyer tells Arise News that appeals and a negotiated settlement offer ways forward after the ruling against Atiku's candidacy.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 36,968 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (2,219).

ADC Ruling: Atiku Vows To Stay In Race — Ogunye

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1:28The host asks how two Federal High Court judges reached different decisions concerning the ADC leadership.
8:12Ogunye explains the earlier ruling's treatment of internal party management and when courts can intervene.
14:23He says defendants should have formally raised jurisdictional objections or the effect of the earlier judgment.
21:52Ogunye rejects violent threats while supporting the party's right to pursue an appeal.
22:53He urges political stakeholders and the Peace Committee to pursue talks aimed at keeping ADC candidates on the ballot.

Legal appeals need not be the only route out of the ADC's election crisis, lawyer Jiti Ogunye tells Arise News. He wants political stakeholders and the Peace Committee to help find a settlement that keeps the party's candidates on the ballot.

The interview follows a ruling that, the programme reports, voided the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress and nullified Atiku Abubakar's presidential candidacy. Atiku says he will remain in the 2027 race.

Arise's discussion drew more than 20,000 views within nine hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular video. Its central question is practical: what can the party do next?

The host presses Ogunye on apparently conflicting Federal High Court decisions. An earlier judgment treated internal party management as outside the court's remit; the later ruling invalidated the leadership. Ogunye explains that courts can intervene when legal or constitutional rights are affected, and says defendants should have formally raised the earlier judgment and any jurisdictional objections before the later court.

His distinction is between what a judge has formally been asked to decide and what everyone following the politics may already know. "Judges decide cases as if they've shut out the world," he says.

Ogunye also argues that excluding an entire party's slate carries consequences beyond its leadership dispute. He rejects threats of violence while defending the right to appeal. Alongside that appeal, he proposes talks, including a possible post-judgment settlement within the party, rather than leaving ballot access entirely to further courtroom proceedings.