The Supreme Court has vacated the order by the Court of Appeal in Abuja ordering the maintenance of status quo ante bellum in the leadership dispute in the African Democratic Congress, ADC. INEC acted on the Court of Appeal judgment which derecognised the David Mark-led leadership of the party. In……
The Supreme Court has vacated the order by the Court of Appeal in Abuja ordering the maintenance of status quo ante bellum in the leadership dispute in the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
INEC acted on the Court of Appeal judgment which derecognised the David Mark-led leadership of the party.
In a unanimous judgment of a five-member panel, the apex Court ordered parties to return to the Federal High Court for expeditious hearing of the case filed by an aggrieved chieftain of the party, Nafiu Bala, challenging among others, the emergence of the David Mark-led leadership of the party.
In the judgment, Justice Mohammed Garba, held that the Court of Appeal had no business making a preservative order in respect of a case that was pending before the trial court, having determined the interlocutory appeal brought before it by Mark against the September 4 interlocutory decision of Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court.
