Time is running out for the African Democratic Congress [ADC].
The David Mark-led faction has fired off an urgent letter to Chief Justice of Nigeria Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, begging for a swift judgement in the party’s drawn-out leadership dispute.
The warning is stark: deliver a ruling within three days, or the ADC could be shut out of the 2027 general elections.
Dated April 28 and signed by lead counsel Shuaibu Aruwa, SAN, the letter was received by the CJN’s office this week.
“We will suffer irreparable harm if judgement in the protracted battle is not delivered by the apex court during the period allowed by the Electoral Act to field candidates,” it stated.
The Supreme Court heard the case on April 22. A five-member panel led by Justice Lawal Garba reserved judgement, giving no date.
For the Mark faction, every day of silence pushes the party closer to the edge.
“ADC’s ability to comply with the statutory requirements to participate in the 2027 General Elections is wholly dependent on the timely delivery of the judgment,” the letter said.
Without a verdict within three days of its letter, the faction argued, the party faces “grave and irreversible risk” of exclusion — a move that would “disenfranchise millions of Nigerians” aligned with the ADC and deny them the right to contest on its platform.
“Justice delayed, in this peculiar circumstance, would amount to justice denied,” Aruwa wrote. “The entire political future of our client and the legitimate expectations of its members nationwide now hang in the balance.”
The message from the Mark camp is unmistakable: decide now, or the ADC sits out 2027.
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