Nigeria, Nov. 9 -- Ten weeks before the contentious and increasingly violent general elections in the country, Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja nullified the leadership of one of the two main opposition parties, the African Democratic Congress, ADC. He did not only purport to remove the David Mark-Rauf Aregbesola leadership of the party, but also nullified the nomination of all the party's candidates in the elections. This includes that of its Presidential candidate, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The Lifu judgement was made a day after the party launched its presidential campaigns in Sokoto. On the day of the judgement, the ADC Presidential train had moved to Kebbi State where it was attacked by thugs. This ...