Court Case Against David Mark’s ADC Leadership Stalled Over Service of Processes

A legal tussle challenging the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under former Senate President, David Mark, has suffered a setback at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The suit, instituted by the party’s former Deputy National Chairman, Nafiu-Bala Gombe, was stalled on Monday following questions over the service of court papers on the defendants.

Presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, held that the case could not proceed because David Mark, former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and ADC’s immediate past National Chairman, Chief Ralph Nwosu, had not been personally served in line with legal requirements.

Although counsel to the plaintiff, Michael Agber, initially6 argued that processes had been served through the party, the court found no evidence of valid service in the case file. Justice Nwite explained that proper service required either direct delivery to the defendants or a court order authorising substituted service.

Following this clarification, Agber conceded errors in the procedure and requested time to correct the lapses. The judge thereafter adjourned the matter to September 30, 2025, for hearing.

During the proceedings, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was served in open court on the directive of the judge. Counsel to the ADC, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Shuaib Eneojoh Aruwa, further submitted that the party itself had not been duly served.

The case was filed by Gombe to challenge the takeover of the ADC’s leadership by Mark and other party figures. He is asking the court to restrain them from parading themselves as leaders of the party pending determination of the substantive suit.

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