The Court of Appeal in Abuja has shifted judgment in an appeal filed by David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola against the judgment of the Abuja Federal High Court which stopped them from dissolving the States Working Committees, SWC, of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
The judgment billed to be delivered by the appellate court on Wednesday was put off at the eleventh hour and shifted till July 13, 2026.
No reason was given for the shift announced on Wednesday afternoon after lawyers, newsmen and politicians had taken their seats and waited for more than two hours.
A registrar of the court who refused to disclose his name simply entered the courtroom and announced that the judgment had been put off and would be delivered on July 13, 2026, in the afternoon.
In the appeal, the ADC, Mark and Aregbesola are challenging the decision of Justice Joyce Abdulmalik which stopped them from cutting short the four years tenure of the state officers of the party.
Don Norman Obinna, Johnny Tovie Derek, Obah C. Ehigiator, Hon. Olona Yinka, Dr. Charles Idowu Omideji, Samuel Pam Gyang and Obianyo Patrick, acting as plaintiffs, had sued for themselves and on behalf of all State Chairmen and State Executive Committees of the ADC.
Listed as defendants in the matter are the ADC, Senator David Mark; Senator Patricia Akwashiki; Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi; Rauf Aregbesola; Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, who is also sued on behalf of the Caretaker/Interim National Working Committee; and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
