The registrar, who spoke to a reporter during an enquiry, said the judge was attending to cases in court, contradicting claims that he had been rushed to the National Hospital, Abuja, for emergency medical treatment.

The viral report had alleged that Justice Lifu suddenly developed respiratory complications and that arrangements were underway to fly him abroad after attempts to treat him in Abuja reportedly failed.

However, the registrar challenged those spreading the claims to visit the court and confirm that the judge was present.

The reports emerged amid public reactions to Justice Lifu’s recent judgment nullifying the candidacy of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.

The registrar’s account of the judge’s presence in court and participation in judicial proceedings directly contradicts the central claims circulating on social media.

The development has renewed concerns over the spread of unverified information, particularly involving public officials and judicial officers whose decisions may attract strong public reactions.

Meanwhile, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called for an investigation into a viral video showing the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, distributing cash and wrappers at an All Progressives Congress (APC) event in Rivers State.

Naija News reports that the party’s presidential campaign council, through its Director of Strategic Communication, Phrank Shaibu, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate the incident.

In the viral video, the minister was seen handing bundles of cash to women alongside bales of wrappers bearing the APC logo.

She was also captured distributing envelopes displaying the images of President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Shaibu accused the ruling party of attempting to secure support for Tinubu’s re-election bid ahead of the 2027 general elections.

He said the ADC would no longer remain silent over what it described as the use of money and material gifts to influence voters.

News reports that Abdulsalami’s departure came just hours after Yunusa Tanko, a political adviser to the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, also announced his exit from the NDC to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Following his defection, Tanko was appointed National Coordinator of the SDP presidential campaign for its presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo.

Tanko disclosed that he submitted his resignation on October 30, 2026, adding that he had formally communicated his decision to Obi and the NDC National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson.

Meanwhile, Abdulsalami, in his resignation letter addressed to the NDC National Chairman, Moses Cleopas, through his former ward chairman in Kogi State, announced that his decision took immediate effect.

“I hereby notify the national and sub-national organs of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, through my former ward chairman, of my resignation from the party,” he wrote.

He also announced his withdrawal from all political and technical responsibilities he had been handling for the party’s national leadership.

Abdulsalami recalled that he was among those who worked to establish the NDC and steer it through its early political activities.

However, he lamented that his contributions to building the party had repeatedly been frustrated by a small group of influential officials whom he accused of taking control of its affairs.