ADC Demands Sack of INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan, Alleges Plot to Weaken Opposition and Install Tinubu as Sole 2027 Presidential Candidate
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called for the immediate resignation or sacking of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, accusing the electoral umpire of bias and complicity in a scheme to undermine opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. Addressing a press conference at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja on Thursday, April 2, 2026, ADC National Chairman Senator David Mark, flanked by prominent opposition figures including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, and former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, described INEC’s recent actions as an assault on Nigeria’s democracy. The crisis escalated after INEC announced on Wednesday that it had delisted key ADC leaders, including Mark and Aregbesola, from its portal in compliance with a Court of Appeal order directin...