Nafiu Bala vs David Mark: Court sets date for ADC leadership battle

The Federal High Court successful Abuja has fixed Friday, May 8, to perceive the suit filed by Nafiu Bala against erstwhile Senate President David Mark and others implicit the enactment quality successful the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

The matter, marked FHC/ABJ/1819/2025, is earlier Justice Emeka Nwite.

Parties successful the suit person already been issued proceeding notices pursuing an exertion by counsel for the plaintiff, Luka Haruna, SAN, seeking an accelerated proceeding of the case.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that successful a missive dated May 5, 2026, and addressed to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, the plaintiff’s ineligible squad informed the tribunal that the interlocutory entreaty filed by Mark had been dismissed by the Supreme Court connected April 30.

The lawyers, Robert Emukpoeruo, Lukman Fagbemi and Haruna, urged the tribunal to hole the substance for accelerated proceeding successful enactment with the judgement of the Court of Appeal.

“Following the dismissal of the interlocutory entreaty filed by...