Representatives of the David Mark faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) yesterday met in Abuja with the leadership of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) as the group continued to explore options in the face of mounting opposition to its stay in the ADC.
The ADC delegation led by Mark met with the new PRP national Chairman Hakeem Baba-Ahmed,48 hours after a similar meeting between the ADC faction and the Tanimu Turaki faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Monday, determine whether the Mark-led National Executive Committee of the ADC is legally constituted.
Representatives of the David Mark faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) yesterday met in Abuja with the leadership of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) as the group continued to explore options in the face of mounting opposition to its stay in the ADC.
The ADC delegation led by Mark met with the new PRP national Chairman Hakeem Baba-Ahmed,48 hours after a similar meeting between the ADC faction and the Tanimu Turaki faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Monday, determine whether the Mark-led National Executive Committee of the ADC is legally constituted.
Details of yesterday’s meeting were not disclosed but sources said the ADC delegation might be responding to a recent plea by Baba-Ahmed for opposition figures to join its ranks and form a united front.
With Mark at the meeting were the ADC spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, and Salihu Lukman, while PRP spokesman Muhammed Ishaq joined the PRP chair as the party’s representatives.
Justice Musa Liman announced the judgement date yesterday after entertaining final arguments from lawyers to parties in the suit.
The suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1637/2025 has the ADC, Ralph Nwosu, Mark, Rauf Aregbesola (National Secretary) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as defendants.
Abejide, in the suit, contends that the process through which Nwosu (ADC’s former National Chairman) transferred the leadership of the party to Mark and Aregbesola violated the party’s constitution.
He therefore wants the court to, among other things , declare that Nwosu’s action on July 2, 2025 at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, Abuja, in handing over the leadership, administration and control of the party to Mark and Aregbesola, without the authorization or approval of a validly constituted National Executive Committee or the National Convention of the party is illegal and unlawful by virtue of the provisions of Article 19 (14) of the ADC’s 2022 constitution.
He is also praying the court for an order nullifying Nwosu’s hand-over or transfer of the leadership of the ADC to Mark and Aregbesola as Interim National Chairman and Interim National Secretary on July 2, 2025 at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, Abuja, for being illegal, unlawful, null and void.
