{"id":1182,"date":"2026-04-09T18:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:58:44","slug":"nafiu-bala-leads-protest-against-mark-atiku-obi-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/nafiu-bala-leads-protest-against-mark-atiku-obi-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Nafiu Bala Leads Protest Against Mark, Atiku, Obi In Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5776.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5776.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5776-300x245.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5776-768x627.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Supporters of a faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), led by its factional National Chairman, Nafiu Bala Gombe, staged a protest in Abuja on Thursday, voicing strong opposition to what they described as interference by prominent political figures in the party\u2019s affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demonstrators, carrying placards and chanting slogans, demanded that the party be left to manage its internal structure without external pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protesters specifically called out key figures \u2014 David Mark, Rotimi Amaechi, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Kwankwaso \u2014 urging them to \u201cleave the party alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the group, the ADC must remain independent and free from the influence of politicians they claim are not core members of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also present at the demonstration was Leke Abejide, a member of the House of Representatives, who joined the protesters in solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protest highlights growing internal tensions within the ADC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporters of a faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), led by its factional National Chairman, Nafiu Bala Gombe, staged a protest in Abuja on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}