The Supreme Court docket of Nigeria will on Tuesday hear an enchantment filed by Senator David Mark over the management dispute within the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Senator Mark is searching for an order staying the execution of the March 12 judgment of the Court docket of Enchantment.
The apex court docket fastened April 14 for the listening to within the enchantment 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 Court docket and sighted in Abuja.
The listening to date coincides with proceedings earlier scheduled earlier than Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja. The decrease court docket might 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, by way of his lawyer, Realwan Okpanachi, is searching for a keep of execution of the appellate court docket’s judgment pending the dedication of his enchantment.
He additionally requested the court docket to restrain INEC from recognising any particular person aside from him and the present nationwide officers of the occasion.
Mark additional sought an order restraining INEC from altering the occasion’s management construction pending the enchantment. He additionally prayed the court docket to remain proceedings within the go well with pending earlier than the federal excessive court docket.
Okpanachi mentioned the enchantment was filed on March 16 following the Court docket of Enchantment judgment delivered on March 12. He mentioned the report of enchantment was compiled and transmitted on March 31.
The lawyer mentioned the enchantment has been duly entered earlier than the apex court docket, including that the Court docket of Enchantment ordered events to keep up established order ante bellum.
Okpanachi mentioned Gombe relied on the order to jot down to INEC, urging it to not recognise Mark and different nationwide officers of the ADC.
“Until this software is granted, the judgment of the Court docket of Enchantment will probably be enforced and the enchantment rendered worthless,” he mentioned.
“It’s within the curiosity of justice to protect the res and defend the authority of this honourable court docket,” 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 Court docket of Enchantment judgment.