Kaka Youth Crisis: Leadership Tussle Moves to Federal High Court
13 Members Challenge Emergence of Executives, Seek Injunction
By Taraba News
The leadership crisis rocking the Kaka Youth Development Association has moved to the Federal High Court in Jalingo, with 13 members asking the court to intervene in the dispute over the emergence of a national executive of the association.
Court documents obtained by Taraba News show that the case, Suit No. FHC/JAL/CS/40/2026, was instituted by Wazabwa Ditah and 12 others against the Incorporated Trustees of Kaka Youth Development Association, Professor Jacob Nyanganji, Chairman of its Board of Trustees, and four other defendants.
The applicants are seeking several orders, including an interlocutory injunction restraining some of the defendants from running or interfering with the affairs of the association pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
They are also asking the court to restore the affairs of the Kaka Youth Development Association, also known as KYDA, to what they described as the status quo ante bellum pending determination of the case.
Another relief seeks to return administration of the association’s WhatsApp group to its former administrators.
The applicants further want the court to restrain the 4th, 5th and 6th defendants from presenting themselves as President, Vice President and Secretary-General respectively pending the determination of the substantive suit.
Crisis Over Election
According to the affidavit filed in support of the application, the Kaka Youth Development Association is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission and operates under a 2021 constitution.
The applicants claim that the constitution provides for a single four-year tenure for members of the National Executive Council.
They said the previous national executive, headed by Samson T. Chenor, ended its tenure in 2025 without setting up an electoral committee to conduct elections for a successor executive.
According to them, a congress meeting was subsequently held on August 17, 2025, at Nurses House, Jalingo, where members agreed to constitute a caretaker/electoral committee to temporarily manage the association and organise elections within three months.
The applicants said nomination forms were later produced and interested members purchased the forms, underwent screening and were cleared to contest different positions.
Disagreement Over Voting System
The court documents indicate that disagreement subsequently emerged over whether the election should be conducted through universal suffrage or a delegate system.
The applicants maintain that the association’s constitution recognises universal suffrage, allowing qualified members to vote and be voted for.
They alleged that another group pushed for delegate voting and that the disagreement eventually brought the planned election process to a halt.
The applicants further alleged that some of the defendants later participated in another process at Fast Track Hotel in Jalingo, where a different set of executives reportedly emerged.
They contend that the process was not conducted by the electoral committee constituted by the association’s congress.
These remain allegations before the court and have not been judicially determined.
Taraba News Report Becomes Court Exhibit
The court papers also cited a Taraba News report published on July 9, 2026, concerning the inauguration of the association’s 2026 executives at Fast Track Hotel, Jalingo.
The applicants attached the publication to their court documents and identified it as Exhibit C.
They are now asking the Federal High Court to prevent the disputed leadership from continuing to run the association until the substantive questions surrounding the election and interpretation of the association’s constitution are resolved.
The supporting affidavit was deposed to by Ngezack Cletus, one of the applicants, at the Federal High Court Registry in Jalingo on July 17, 2026.
The case has therefore opened a new legal chapter in the Kaka Youth leadership crisis, with the Federal High Court expected to determine the competing claims over the association’s electoral process and leadership.
The allegations contained in the court documents represent the position of the plaintiffs/applicants and should not be regarded as findings against the defendants until the court determines the matter.
