Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has taken a swipe at elder statesman Buba Galadima over comments linking him to discussions surrounding the health of Federal High Court judge, Justice Peter Lifu.\n<\/p>\n
Melaye, in a post on his X account on Saturday, said he was shocked that Galadima mentioned him while discussing the judge\u2019s illness, insisting that he never made any comment about Lifu\u2019s health.\n<\/p>\n
He also suggested that old age was affecting Galadima\u2019s memory.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI was extremely shocked to hear that Alhaji Buba Galadima mentioned that I made comments on Justice Lifu\u2019s health. It is most unfortunate because I never made any comment on Justice Lifu\u2019s health.<\/p>\n
\u201cOld age must be catching up with Buba Galadima. Now I know you can\u2019t cure old age, you can only manage it,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Galadima, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, had criticised members of the African Democratic Congress over their reported reaction to Lifu\u2019s illness, accusing them of lacking intelligence.\n<\/p>\n
Speaking during an interview on African Independent Television on Wednesday, Galadima mentioned Melaye while referring to information that the ADC had obtained a certified true copy of the judgment delivered against the party.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cYou know there was a judgment against ADC, isn\u2019t it? Yes. And I\u2019ve just heard you read something that Dino Melaye said.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got a true certified copy of the judgment, and I know some ADC people are jumping up and down that the judge (Peter Lifu) who gave a ruling against them has fallen ill and is supposed to be taken to hospital in Europe.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Galadima questioned why ADC members would celebrate the reported illness of the judge, arguing that his possible absence from the country could delay the party\u2019s appeal against the judgment.\n<\/p>\n
He claimed that the records of proceedings required for an appeal could not be signed by another judge while Lifu was away.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI just found out that maybe there aren\u2019t intelligent people in the ADC. They didn\u2019t know that if that is true, it is deliberate to deny them appeal, because if the judge goes to London or Europe or anywhere outside the country, the records of proceedings from his judgment cannot be signed by any judge.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cSo no appeal could be had until he\u2019s back. They didn\u2019t know that they are playing on their intelligence, and that\u2019s why Nigerian politicians are lazy. They don\u2019t think,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
The controversy followed a judgment by Lifu in a suit concerning the leadership dispute in the ADC, which set aside resolutions of the party\u2019s 99th National Executive Committee meeting of July 29, 2025, through which Senator David Mark and former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, emerged as national officers.<\/p>\n
The court also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising or dealing with the affected persons as national officers of the party.\n<\/p>\n
The ADC has indicated its intention to challenge the judgment.\n <\/p>\n
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