ADC leadership battle: Mark, Bala await fate as Supreme Court reserves judgment

The Supreme Court connected Wednesday reserved judgement successful the entreaty filed by the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, David Mark, challenging the jurisdiction of tribunal to intervene successful the interior affairs of the party.

A five-member sheet of the apex tribunal led by Justice Garba Mohammed reserved its verdict soon aft lawyers representing parties adopted their briefs of statement for and against the appeal.

Jibrin Okutepa, SAN, who represented David Mark, successful urging the tribunal to let the appeal, submitted that the apex tribunal had successful a judgement connected March 21, 2025 enactment an extremity to the contented earlier the tribunal erstwhile it held that “no tribunal has jurisdiction to entertain cases bordering connected interior affairs of governmental parties”.

Okutepa truthful urged the apex tribunal to let the entreaty and clasp that the Abuja Federal High Court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain a suit bordering connected the ADC’s interior matters.

Robert Emukpero, SAN, who represented the 1st responde...