July 08, (THEWILL) — The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says 97 lawyers have volunteered to challenge what it described as the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) ‘false lawsuit’ against its interim leadership, following the alliance with the National opposition coalition movement.
The legal team, led by Barrister Mohammed Sheriff, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday, accusing the ruling APC of filing a suit using the names of individuals who are not members of the ADC.
THEWILL earlier reported that three aggrieved members of the ADC have approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking to sack the Senator David Mark-led interim leadership of the party.
The plaintiffs, Adeyemi Emmanuel, Ayodeji Victor Tolu and Haruna Ismaila, prayed the court to, among other things, determine whether the purported handover of the party’s leadership structure to individuals involved in a merger was not a direct violation of a subsisting judgment.
Meanwhile, Senator David Mark has assured Nigerians that the ADC, under his leadership, would operate with total transparency. He urged party members to set aside their differences and focus on building a united political force, warning that Nigeria’s democracy could fail if citizens remained passive.
Mark spoke on Tuesday after a stakeholders meeting in Abuja with the ADC’s Interim National Chairman and the party’s Kogi State branch.
“I don’t own this party more than any other member… All Nigerians must come together and take ownership of the ADC”, he said.
Mark also urged the APC to focus on fixing its own policy failures rather than targeting individuals.
“If they admitted that insecurity was bad and promised to improve it, but instead made it worse, should Nigerians continue to support them? The answer is no”, he said.
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