A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oba Maduabuchi, says the Supreme Court decision on the African Democratic Congress, ADC, should not warrant celebration.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’, Maduabuchi said nothing has been decided.
He was reacting to the April 30 decision of the apex court, which vacated the order of the Court of Appeal that barred the recognition of David Mark as the National Chairman of the ADC.
DAILY POST reports that in a unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court, Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba held that the Court of Appeal ought not to have made such an order because it was not sought by any of the parties in the matter.
Airing his own opinion, Maduabuchi said, “The ADC had no business at the Supreme Court. There was no appealable decision by the Federal High Court.
“The Court of Appeal overstepped its bounds by making an order no one sought. In reaching the proper decision that there was no valid appeal by the David Mark faction, the Court of Appeal went a step further and ordered that the status quo be maintained.
“That was wrong. When INEC, acting on the Court of Appeal’s order, removed David Mark, it was on solid ground. The Appellate Court’s order was to maintain status quo ante bellum, not status quo.”
