ADC Crisis: Supreme Court sets April 22 for accelerated hearing in Mark’s case
The Supreme Court has fixed April 22 for the hearing of an appeal filed by David Mark, national chairman of the African Democratic Congress, against a suit filed by Nafiu Bala, a former deputy national chairman of the party.
Justice Lawal Garba, who led the five-member panel of justices, fixed the date after all parties involved adopted the processes.
In the appeal marked SC/CV/180/2026, the ex-Senate president is seeking an order staying the execution of the Court of Appeal’s March 12 ruling.
Mr Mark’s appeal is against the March 12 judgment of the Court of Appeal, which dismissed the ex-Senate president’s appeal in relation to the ongoing leadership dispute in the party.
Mr Mark had appealed a September 4, 2025, ruling by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, that refused to grant some injunctive reliefs contained in an ex parte application filed by Nafiu Bala Gombe, a chieftain of the party.
In its judgment in the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/145/2026, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam, upheld the objection raised by Gombe, through his team of lawyers led by Luka Musa Haruna, that the appeal was incompetent and that it was based on issues not reflected in the ruling of the trial court.
(NAN)
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