David Mark, Aregbesola tackle judge over continued hearing of suit against ‘dead’ ADC

Senior lawyers connected Tuesday tackled Justice Peter Lifu of the Abuja Federal High Court implicit his continued proceeding of a suit against the David Mark enactment of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, adjacent aft granting an bid which proscribed the enactment on Monday.

The lawyers told the justice that having proscribed the enactment on Monday in his  judgment, the ADC successful the eyes of the instrumentality was “dead” and cannot beryllium resurrected by the aforesaid judge.

At the resumed proceeding of a suit instituted by factional ADC nationalist chairman, Nafiu Bala Gombe, Dr Suleiman Usman, SAN, who stood for David Mark, Realwan Okpanachi who represented Rauf Aregbesola, and Kalu Agu, counsel for Nkemakolam Ukandu, vehemently demanded to cognize the presumption of the enactment earlier proceeding successful immoderate suit against it.

Their request was predicated connected the judgement the aforesaid justice delivered on Monday, which expressly ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to instantly de- registry 5 governmental parties including ADC.

They claimed that having deregistered ADC on Monday, successful the eyes of the law, the enactment is ...