The federal high court in Abuja on Thursday affirmed the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
According to NAN, Musa Liman, the presiding judge, on Thursday, dismissed the suit filed by Leke Abejide, a member of the house of representatives.
The suit was filed to challenge the legality of the emergence of Mark and Rauf Aregbesola as ADC national chairman and national secretary, respectively.
Defendants in the case are Mark, Aregbesola, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the ADC, and Ralph Nwosu, former national chairman of the party.
Abejide sought an order declaring Nwosu’s handover of ADC leadership to Mark and Aregbesola on July 2, 2025, at Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, Abuja, as “illegal, unlawful, null and void”.
He also sought an order of perpetual injunction restraining Mark and Aregbesola from parading themselves as leaders of the party.
Liman upheld the preliminary objections filed by ADC, Nwosu, Mark and Aregbesola to challenge Abejide’s suit.
The presiding judge ruled that the court lacked the jurisdiction to interfere in the internal affairs of ADC, adding that the suit was non-justiciable.
He held that Abejide lacked the legal right to have instituted the suit, having failed to show to the court that his rights had been violated following the emergence of the Mark-led leadership.
Liman ruled that the handing over of the leadership of the party by Nwosu to Mark did not violate the provisions of the party’s constitution.