ADC Primary elections: Hon Youmpee drags Dalung,ADC and INEC to court
Yakubu Busari
Aspirant for the Plateau South Senatorial District, HonYoumpang Jalmet , has dragged the Former Minister Barr.Solomon Dalung and African Democratic Congress, ADC,and Independence National Electoral Commission, INEC to the Federal High Court, Jos, challenging the outcome of the party’s primary election in the senatorial district of Plateau South.
The Former South Senatorial Chairman Jalmet alleging imposition of a candidate in person of Former Minister SolomonDalung , saying there was no fair hearing in the whole exercise when he( Dalung) was away conducting the same election monitoring in Nasarawa state.
Speaking to his counsel, Barr.M.I.Kanam after the court adjourned to the 22nd Day of June 2026 for mention
Hon Justice Dorcas Agishi ordered the counsel to effect service on the Former Minister Dalung and INEC ,warning that the case is preelection matter and is time bound so they should do the needful.
He said the ADC did not follow due process before declaring Solomon Dalung as consensus candidate for Plateau South , insisting that the attitude of the ADC is a clear disdain for democracy and the internal democracy of political parties in the country.
He said serious measures must be taken to forestall further abuse of the law by persons in authority to avert chaos, lawlessness and dictatorship, adding that the continued abuse of the law by the defendants would ruin society and retard it to nothingness.
The aspirant for Plateau Sorth Senatorial District ticket, filed the suit against the party, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Barr.Dalung at the Federal High Court, Jos, Plateau State.
Counsel to Jalmet, M.I.Kanam Esq., filed a suit , praying the court to interpret some constitutional and statutory provisions and determine the following questions of law:
“An order of this Honourable Court directing the Defendants to henceforth consolidate and sustain party internal democracy by ensuring credible elections for the nomination of candidates for elective positions and upholding the rule of law;
in a swift reaction, the Former Minister Solomon Dalung said that there is no constitutional provision that was infringed upon or that stop him from contesting for seat of Plateau South Senatorial District ,stressing that he conducted Nasarawa primary elections that produced General Bala Ngbazo .
According to him, the State Electoral committee were on ground so he doesn’t need to be present at the venue of the consensus exercise .
it’s also alleged that those sponsoring Youmpee Jalmet were aggrieved aspirants from Kaduna and Nasarawa states .
This medium couldn’t gathered authentic sources to allegations ,as efforts to speak to Youmpee Jalmet proof abortive at the time of filing this reports .
However, parties alleged impunity, imposition of candidates by the ADC in Plateau State especially on the Senatorial seat of Plateau South .
Dalung admonished any aggrieved aspirants to read the constitution of the ADC and understand the interpretation .
