Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, adjourned till October 5, for hearing of the substantive suit filed by a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nafiu Bala Gombe challenging the Sen David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola led leadership of the party.
The judge, while adjourning the matter said, the court will also on the next adjourned date, rule on an application for stay of proceedings pending the outcome of an interlocutory appeal at the Court of Appeal.
He also ordered that all processes in the matter be filed within 48 hours from 11am of September 28, 2026 that the order was made and that, hearing notice be served on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the fourth defendant in the matter.
Having heard the arguments and submissions of counsel in the matter, Justice Lifu adjourned till October 5 for ruling or hearing of the main suit.
Gombe, Nafiu Gombe, a former Deputy National Chairman of the ADC, in the suit, is seeking an order restraining Mark, Aregbesola and members of their interim National Working Committee (NWC) from parading themselves as the leaders of the party.
He had argued that the emergence of Mark, Aregbesola and other interim NWC members as leaders of the party breached the provisions of the party’s constitution and the Electoral Act.
Gombe, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, listed ADC, Mark, Aregbesola, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Ralph Nwosu as 1st to 5th defendants respectively in the suit
Nwosu was the former ADC National Chairman who stepped down for David Mark leadership of the party.
END
Comments