Court adjourns indefinitely suit challenging ADC leadership 

The Federal High Court successful Abuja connected Friday adjourned indefinitely a suit challenging the enactment of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) nether erstwhile Senate President David Mark.

Justice Emeka Nwite ordered a sine dice adjournment aft the plaintiff informed the tribunal that helium had written to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court seeking the transportation of the lawsuit to different judge.

The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, stems from a enactment quality wrong the ADC pursuing the emergence of David Mark and erstwhile Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola successful the party’s enactment structure.

At the resumed hearing, counsel for the plaintiff, Luka Musa Haruna, told the tribunal that the Supreme Court had, connected 30 April 2026, dismissed an interlocutory entreaty filed by Mark and acceptable speech the Court of Appeal’s bid staying proceedings successful the matter.

He said, “The Supreme Court recovered the entreaty lacked merit.”

Haruna further informed the tribunal that the plaintiff had, connected May 4, 2026, written to the main justice requesting the reassignment of the case, urging the tribunal to await administrative direction.

However, the defendants opposed the request, arguing that it was aimed astatine delaying proceedings and frustrating the accelerated proceeding antecedently ordered by appellate courts.

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