By Tonia Okereke
A brief respite came the way of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), as the Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed April 22 to hear an appeal concerning the leadership crisis currently rocking the party.
A five-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Mohammed Garba, adjourned the appeal marked SC/CV/180/2026 for hearing after ordering the Senator David Mark-led faction of the party to file and serve legal processes on all respondents within the next 24 hours.
According to the court, upon receipt of the processes, the respondents shall file their responses within three days.
The court also held that the appellants shall have 24 hours to reply to the respondents’ responses, stressing that filing and exchange of briefs by the parties must be completed before April 20.
Meanwhile, following the ruling, the Mark-led executives of the ADC, through their counsel, Mr. Jubril Okutepa, SAN, withdrew a motion they earlier filed to stay the execution of the Court of Appeal judgment that ordered the party to maintain the status quo ante bellum.
Okutepa stated that the motion was no longer relevant since the apex court had expedited the hearing of the substantive appeal. Following the withdrawal of the motion, the apex court struck it out.
The court had expressed its readiness to hear the case on Tuesday had the parties filed the necessary processes.
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