Three members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the interim leadership of former Senate President David Mark and others.
The party’s National Chairman, Ralph Nwosu, resigned to pave the way for the one-time senate president, former Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola as National Secretary and former Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi as National Publicity Secretary – all of them on interim capacities.
In suit FHC/ABJ/CS/1328/2025 filed on July 4, Adeyemi Emmanuel, Ayodeji Victor Tolu and Haruna Ismaila, are asking the court to determine the legality of the interim leadership.
They averred that Nwosu lacks the right to convene either a national working committee (NWC) or national executive committee (NEC) meeting or any other since his tenure as national chairman has expired.
The plaintiffs also stated that interim executives “cannot and should not act” in a leadership capacity, noting that they were appointed by an illegal meeting organised by a former national chairman.
They are asking the court to declare the appointment of Mark, Aregbesola, and Abdullahi as “unconstitutional, unlawful, null, and void”.
The plaintiffs also prayed the court for an order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the new executives.
