The Supreme Courtroom of Nigeria will on Tuesday hear an attraction filed by Senator David Mark over the management dispute within the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Senator Mark is in search of an order staying the execution of the March 12 judgment of the Courtroom of Enchantment.
The apex courtroom fastened April 14 for the listening to within the attraction marked SC/CV/180/2026 between Mark and Nafiu-Bala Gombe and 4 others.
The listening to discover was issued by the litigation division of the Supreme Courtroom and sighted in Abuja.
The listening to date coincides with proceedings earlier scheduled earlier than Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Abuja. The decrease courtroom could step down or adjourn its proceedings according to the hierarchy of courts.
Mark listed Gombe, the ADC, Rauf Aregbesola, the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, and Ralph Nwosu as respondents.
Mark, via his lawyer, Realwan Okpanachi, is in search of a keep of execution of the appellate courtroom’s judgment pending the dedication of his attraction.
He additionally requested the courtroom to restrain INEC from recognising any individual apart from him and the present nationwide officers of the celebration.
Mark additional sought an order restraining INEC from altering the celebration’s management construction pending the attraction. He additionally prayed the courtroom to remain proceedings within the swimsuit pending earlier than the federal excessive courtroom.
Okpanachi stated the attraction was filed on March 16 following the Courtroom of Enchantment judgment delivered on March 12. He stated the file of attraction was compiled and transmitted on March 31.
The lawyer stated the attraction has been duly entered earlier than the apex courtroom, including that the Courtroom of Enchantment ordered events to take care of establishment ante bellum.
Okpanachi stated Gombe relied on the order to write down to INEC, urging it to not recognise Mark and different nationwide officers of the ADC.
“Until this utility is granted, the judgment of the Courtroom of Enchantment might be enforced and the attraction rendered worthless,” he stated.
“It’s within the curiosity of justice to protect the res and defend the authority of this honourable courtroom,” he added
INEC had on April 1 eliminated the names of Mark and Aregbesola from its portal as nationwide chairman and secretary of the ADC following the Courtroom of Enchantment judgment.