A Federal High Court has stopped former Senate President David Mark and ex-Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola from assuming leadership positions in the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
In a ruling delivered on Thursday, the court issued an interim injunction restraining the two politicians from parading themselves as National Chairman and National Secretary of the party. The order also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising them or their associates in those roles until a pending motion in the matter is determined.
The suit was filed by Nafiu Bala Gombe, a former Deputy National Chairman of the ADC, who insists he remains the legitimate leader of the party. Bala is challenging both INEC’s recognition of the new leadership and the process that produced it.
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INEC had earlier updated its official records to reflect Mark and Aregbesola as leaders of the ADC, following the dissolution of the Ralph Nwosu-led National Working Committee during the party’s 99th National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja.
The court’s intervention has now thrown the ADC into fresh crisis, leaving its leadership tussle unresolved and raising uncertainty about its structure ahead of the 2027 general elections.
