Suit Seeking To Stop David Mark, Aregbesola As New ADC Leaders Suffers Setback

Hearing successful a suit seeking to halt David Mark-led enactment of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) was stalled connected Mondaymat the Federal High Court successful Abuja.

The suit could not spell connected pursuing the nonaccomplishment to service tribunal papers connected David Mark and others arsenic required by law.

Justice Emeka Nwite billed to adjudicate successful the enactment enactment quality has, however, fixed September 30 arsenic caller day for hearing.

During the proceedings, Counsel to the plaintiff, Michael Agber, had claimed that each processes and bid made by the tribunal had been served connected the 5 defendants progressive successful the ineligible battle.

However, Justice Nwite, aft searching done the tribunal file, could not find the impervious of service.

In the play that ensued, the plaintiff’s lawyer aboriginal claimed that helium served David Mark, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and Chief Ralph Nwosu, who are 2nd, 3rd and 5th defendants successful the suit done the ADC.

Justice Nwite, successful response, faulted the mode of the service, adding that the instrumentality requires the plaintiff to service tribunal papers connected Mark, Aregbesola and Nwosu individually.

The Judge held that determination was nary due service, yet adding that for specified work to beryllium valid, an bid for substituted work indispensable archetypal beryllium obtained from the court.

Having admitted errors successful the mode of work of tribunal papers, the plaintiff’s lawyer sought for adjournment to alteration him to enactment his location successful order.

Justice Nwite ordered the plaintiff’s lawyer to service the tribunal papers connected the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) successful the unfastened tribunal and was complied with.

The ADC represented by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Shuaib Eneojoh Aruwa, claimed that the enactment had not been afloat served successful compliance with the instrumentality by the plaintiff.

In the end, Justice Nwite fixed September 30 for proceeding of the suit.

A erstwhile Deputy National Chairman of ADC,
Mr Nafiu-Bala Gombe, had filed an ex-parte exertion wherever helium sought bid of tribunal to restrain David Mark and others from assuming the enactment of the enactment pending the solution of his originating summons challenging the determination to take over the party.