Leke Abejide, an African Democratic Congress (ADC) member of the House of Representatives, has resigned.
Abejide, the lawmaker representing Kogi’s Yagba Federal Constituency, said during a news conference in Abuja on Friday that some individuals with bad motives have “hijacked” the ADC.
“It is a painful decision but necessary to save my political future from those who came to destroy my former political party that I laboured hard to nurture and love dearly,” he said.
Abejide, Chairman of the House Committee on Customs, said he filed a lawsuit in August 2025 against the ADC leadership led by David Mark, alleging that their sympathisers repeatedly sought to join the suit to delay its resolution.
“Due to long adjournment, occasioned by the opposing counsel’s tactics to frustrate the speedy hearing of my suit, my counsel then advised me I should be looking for an alternative party to pursue my political ambition,” he said.
According to Leke Abejide, the ADC was “unlawfully hijacked by politicians” who were expelled from unmanageable political groups.
The legislator claimed that from the time the ADC was unpopular until it became a well-known platform, he supported and fostered it.
“I funded the party structure as the national leader of the party, which I have willingly relinquished to the current national chairman, Hon Nafiu Bala, and I wish him good luck as he continues to fight for his rights in court,” he said.
“I wish to state that I have willingly and voluntarily exited and had since extinguished my membership of ADC by constitutional method permitted under the ADC constitution.
The David Mark-led faction of the ADC and Bala Nafiu, a former national vice-chairman of the party, have been laying claim to its leadership.
However, on Thursday, the supreme court directed Mark to return to the federal high court for the hearing and determination of issues arising from the leadership dispute within the ADC.
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