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ADC CRISIS: ‘INEC MISINTERPRETED COURT ORDER’ — FEMI FALANA

April 4, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of misinterpreting a court order in the ongoing leadership crisis within the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Falana made the remarks during the 5th Comrade Yinka Odumakin Memorial Lecture held in Lagos, where he criticised the electoral body’s reliance on the legal doctrine of “status quo ante bellum.”

According to him, the term simply means a return to the situation before the dispute began, questioning INEC’s interpretation of the court directive.

Falana further expressed concern over what he described as growing fears of a one-party state, blaming both the judiciary and senior lawyers for enabling such a perception.

“When we complain that APC is trying to turn Nigeria into a one-party state, the court and senior lawyers are to blame,” he added.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.