Aregbesola asks INEC to hold any change in ADC leadership pending appeal
His lawyer wrote to the commission after a Federal High Court judgment on November 5 nullified the David Mark-led leadership.
Rauf Aregbesola, the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to defer any change to the party’s leadership until his appeal is decided.
In a letter written on Monday in Abuja by his lawyer, Mohammed Sheriff, SAN, he urged the commission not to remove the party leaders currently on its records. The lawyer said a notice of appeal and a motion for stay of execution were filed on November 7 against the November 5 judgment of Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
According to Osun Defender, that judgment nullified the emergence of the David Mark-led leadership of the party and declared that Nafiu Gombe’s four-year tenure remained valid. Mr Aregbesola argues the court lacked jurisdiction over the matter.
The letter also drew INEC’s attention to an earlier judgment delivered on July 2 by Justice Musa Liman, which recognised Mr Mark and Mr Aregbesola as national chairman and national secretary respectively, the lawyer said.
SOURCE: Daily Nigerian
