Court to decide el-Rufai’s ADC membership Oct 20

By Henry Ojelu

The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has fixed October 20, 2025, to perceive a question seeking to restrain erstwhile Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and 2 others from parading themselves arsenic members oregon leaders of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

Justice N.Nwabulu acceptable the day for proceeding aft refusing a plea by the defendants’ counsel for an adjournment.

The suit by Adamu Dattijo and Alhaji Suleiman Abdullahi done their counsel, Azeez Hassan, SAN, connected behalf of themselves and different acrophobic ADC members successful Kaduna State, are challenging the alleged designation of El-Rufai, Jafaru Sani, and Bashir Saidu arsenic members of the enactment by its nationalist leadership.

At, yesterday’s hearing, counsel to the plaintiffs, Hassan, informed the tribunal that his question for interlocutory injunction dated September 8, 2025, was ripe for hearing.

However, B. Elleng, counsel to the 3rd to 5th defendants, was successful court, but that of the archetypal and 2nd defendants, the ADC and its National Chairman, Chief David Mark, were not represented.

Counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commis-sion, INEC, listed arsenic the sixth defendant, was besides absent.

Counsel for the 3rd to 5th defendants explained that they had prepared their counter-processes but were incapable to record them due to the fact that their deponent was sick and could not depose to the supporting affidavit.

He prayed the tribunal for an adjournment to alteration them regularise their filings. But Justice Nwabulu declined and fixed the substance for October 20, for definite hearing.

The claimants are seeking respective reliefs, including an bid mounting speech the information and assignment of Jafaru Sani arsenic the ADC National Vice Chairman (North West Zone), connected grounds of non-compliance with the party’s constitution and the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).

The tribunal had earlier advised each parties to support the presumption quo pending the determination of the substantive suit.

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