Court orders ADC to maintain status quo in Kebbi candidate dispute

August 27, 2026

By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and other parties to maintain the status quo in a legal dispute over the substitution of Abubakar Sadiq Sa’adu Fakai as the party’s candidate for the Zuru/Fakai/Danko Wasagu/Sakaba Federal Constituency in Kebbi State.

The order followed a suit filed by Fakai challenging the decision of the ADC to conduct another primary election aimed at replacing his candidacy with that of Bashar Sulaiman Bajida.

Fakai, who said he emerged as the party’s candidate from an earlier primary election, is challenging the alleged attempt by the ADC to substitute his name with that of Bajida without his formal withdrawal from the race, as required by law.