Three members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have initiated a lawsuit in the Federal High Court in Abuja, contesting the party’s interim leadership under former Senate President David Mark.
In their lawsuit filed on July 4, the plaintiffs—Adeyemi Emmanuel, Ayodeji Tolu, and Haruna Ismaila—are seeking a judicial ruling on the legitimacy of the ADC’s interim leadership.
They argue that Nwosu no longer has the authority to convene meetings of the National Working Committee (NWC) or National Executive Committee (NEC), as his term as national chairman has ended.
The plaintiffs further contend that interim leaders “cannot and should not act” in a leadership role, asserting that their appointments stemmed from an illegitimate meeting orchestrated by a previous national chairman.
Among various requests, the plaintiffs seek a court declaration deeming the appointments of Mark, Aregbesola, and Abdullahi as “unconstitutional, unlawful, null, and void.”
They also request the court to issue an order preventing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognizing the fourth, fifth, and sixth defendants as the interim national chairman, national secretary, and national publicity secretary of the ADC.
Opposition leaders revealed the ADC on June 2 as a platform to consolidate votes against President Bola Tinubu in the upcoming elections.
Key figures in the opposition campaign include former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, and former Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai.
The coalition appointed Mark as interim national chairman and Rauf Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun State, as interim national secretary, with Bolaji Abdullahi as the party’s spokesperson.
Since its launch, this development has sparked significant reactions nationwide.
