Lawmaker Gbajabiamila asked to scatter ADC dumps party

Leke Abejide, the politician who made the headlines after Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, asked him to scatter the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dumpedr the party. The House of Representatives member, who has served two terms under the ADC, attributed his resignation to internal crisis, legal disputes, and leadership uncertainty. […]

Leke Abejide, the politician who made the headlines after Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, asked him to scatter the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dumpedr the party.

The House of Representatives member, who has served two terms under the ADC, attributed his resignation to internal crisis, legal disputes, and leadership uncertainty.

The development occurred barely 24 hours after the Supreme Court restored David Mark as the Chairman of the party.

Abejide, who belongs to the faction of Nafiu Bala Gombe, has been very critical of Mark.

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Describing his exit as inevitable, the lawmaker who represents Yagba East/Yagba West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency of Kogi, said the move was necessary to safeguard his political future.

“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 loved dearly. It is good to lay the foundation of what necessitated the decision I took a few weeks ago, so that the general public will be aware and know what actually transpired,” he said.

“Around August, 2025, I took the leaders of ADC coalition in the persons of Senator David Mark, Rauf Aregbesola, Chief Ralph Nwosu, and ADC as a party to Court.

“It was during the court’s long vacation that my lawyers approached the court and sought its approval to listen to the case, to get justice within a reasonable time frame, as the electoral activities leading to primary elections were coming closer.

“The judge obliged and granted us an accelerated hearing to determine the case so that each party to the case can go ahead either with ADC or find another platform to achieve his or her political ambition,” he said.

Abejide, who chairs the House Committee on Customs and Excise, accused the defendants of deliberately stalling proceedings.

“The defendants- David Mark and others kept sending different people to join my case as a way to delay the matter from being adjudicated upon by the judge up to the time the Independent National Electoral Commission rolled out the timetable for political activities, for primaries elections and general elections in 2027.

“Due to long adjournment occasioned by the opposing counsel’s tactics to frustrate the speedy hearing of my suit, my counsel then advised I should be looking for an alternative party to pursue my political ambition,” he said.

Abejide also clarified the remarks involving Gbajabiamila, claiming that the politician was quoted out of context.

“I was not in ADC to scatter the party I laboured to build, contrary to the video where Rt Hon Gbajabiamila advised me to stay in ADC, contest my re-election, and fight for my rights and scatter the political marauders from the party.

“Gbajabiamila’s statement was made in a jovial manner, not meaning to destroy any political party, and it was quoted out of context. He was even begging me not to leave my party and wished me good luck in court.

“He spoke in our usual way of joking among ourselves, even on our National Assembly Platform, where all of us chat and joke together,” he said.