A/Court fixes July 13 for judgment in Mark, Aregbesola’s suit

The Court of Appeal, Abuja division has fixed July 13 for judgment in an appeal filed by the National Chairman and Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola respectively against the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which stopped them from  dissolving the States Working Committees (SWC) of the party.

The judgment, earlier slated for Wednesday to be delivered by the Appellate Court was shifted till next week in the eleventh hour.

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

Daily Trust reports that the ADC, Mark and Aregbesola, in their respective appeals, are challenging the decision of Joyce Abdulmalik who stopped them from cutting short the four years tenure of the state officers of the party.

The state chairmen of the APC represents by 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 African Democratic Congress (ADC).

At the heart of their dispute was whether the four-year tenure of the ADC’s State Working Committee and State Executive Committee remains valid and subsisting, pending the conduct of a properly constituted State Congress and the convocation of a National Convention.

In her judgment, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik voided and set aside, the plan of the David Mark leadership to dissolve the State Working Committee.

On Wednesday, a registrar of the appellate Court, who refused to disclose his name simply entered the court room announced that the judgment delivery had been “put off” and would be delivered on Monday, July 13 in the afternoon.

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